myocarditis

English

Etymology

From myo- + carditis.

Noun

myocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural myocardites or myocarditides or myocarditises)

  1. (pathology, cardiology) Inflammation of the myocardium.

Synonyms

  • inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • giant cell myocarditis (= GCM)
  • viral myocarditis (= VM)

Translations

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