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Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
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endocarditis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Endocarditis \En`do*car*di"tis\, n. [NL. See -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation of the endocardium. [1913 Webster] ||
Wikipedia
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Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart , the endocardium . It usually involves the heart valves . Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum , the chordae tendineae , the mural endocardium, or the ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology cardiology English) An inflammation of the endocardium and possibly the heart valves.
Usage examples of endocarditis.
She was also suffering from hepatomegaly, uremia, endocarditis, and a host of other serious ailments.
Dead of kidney failure, thrombocytopenia, and endocarditis, toward the end of July, as the cool dawn of another hot blue-gray day broke on the ornamental roof-level brickwork opposite St.