myocarditis

[mahy-oh-kahr-dahy-tis]

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the myocardium.

Origin of myocarditis

First recorded in 1865–70; myo- + carditis

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Examples from the Web for myocarditis

Historical Examples of myocarditis

Of the circulatory system:—Myocarditis, Endocarditis, Thrombosis.
Valere Aude
Louis Dechmann
She is very young and inexperienced, and the boy—it's myocarditis.
The Street of Seven Stars
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Severe influenza or infectious pneumonia is not infrequently followed by myocarditis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
United States Department of Agriculture
These changes are sufficient in his opinion to establish the existence of myocarditis.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I
Various
It may be secondary to hypertrophy of the heart, to myocarditis, or to pericarditis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
United States Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for myocarditis

myocarditis

noun

inflammation of the heart muscle

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Medicine definitions for myocarditis

myocarditis

[mī′ō-kär-dī′tĭs]

n.

carditis