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Myocarditis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Inflammation of the myocardium.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Inflammation of the myocardium.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Inflammation of the myocardium.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology, inflammation of the myocardium.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Around one in five cocaine addicts suffer from an inflammation of heart muscle, known as myocarditis, and the researchers said that a quarter of non-fatal heart attacks among the under-45s are associated with cocaine."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

carditis

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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