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noun
An inflammation of the endocardium and sometimes also the heart valves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cardiology, medicine, pathology, sciences
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Broader terms: carditis, cardiopathy
noun
inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carditis
Narrower terms: subacute bacterial endocarditis
History
Etymology tree English endocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English endocarditis From endocard(ium) + -itis.
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