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cardiomyopathy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The deterioration of the myocardium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: myocardiopathy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heart disease, cardiopathy

Narrower terms: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- English myopathy English cardiomyopathy From cardio- + myopathy.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: miocardiopatia — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Catalan: cardiomiopatia — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心肌病 (xīnjībìng) — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Czech: kardiomyopatie — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Dutch: cardiomyopathie — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Finnish: kardiomyopatia — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Finnish: sydänlihasrappeuma — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Finnish: sydänlihassairaus — deterioration of the myocardium
  • French: cardiomyopathie — deterioration of the myocardium
  • German: Kardiomyopathie — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Greek: καρδιομυοπάθεια (kardiomyopátheia) — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Indonesian: kardiomiopati — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Italian: cardiomiopatia — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Japanese: 心筋症 (shinkinshō) — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Malay: kardiomiopati — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Portuguese: cardiomiopatia — deterioration of the myocardium
  • Spanish: miocardiopatía — deterioration of the myocardium