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myocarditis

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the myocardium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cardiology, medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cardiomyopathy, myocardiopathy, carditis, cardiopathy

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: myocardial inflammation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carditis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English myocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English myocarditis From myocard(ium) + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: miocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心肌炎 (xīnjīyán) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Czech: myokarditida — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Dutch: myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Dutch: hartspierontsteking — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Finnish: sydänlihastulehdus — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Finnish: myokardiitti — inflammation of the myocardium
  • French: myocardite — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Galician: miocardite — inflammation of the myocardium
  • German: Herzmuskelentzündung — inflammation of the myocardium
  • German: Myokarditis — inflammation of the myocardium
  • German: Myokardentzündung — inflammation of the myocardium
  • German: Virusmyokarditis (viral) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • German: Riesenzellmyokarditis — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Greek: μυοκαρδίτιδα (myokardítida) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Kazakh: миокардит (miokardit) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Korean: 심근염 (simgeunyeom) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Persian: میوکاردیت (miyokârdit) — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Portuguese: miocardite — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Romanian: miocardită — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Spanish: miocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium
  • Turkish: myokardit — inflammation of the myocardium