myocarditisn.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)kɑːˈdʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪoʊˌkɑrˈdaɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of the myocardium; an instance of this.
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carditis1772
pericarditis1777
endocarditis1836
myocarditis1848
mediastino-pericarditis1876
pneumopericarditis1890
valvulitis1891
pancarditis1900
mesoaortitis1909
1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 566/2 Myocarditis, carditis.
1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 279 Suppuration may take place as a result of myocarditis.
1868 Trans. Pathol. Soc. London 19 195 Concurrent pericarditis, myocarditis, and endocarditis.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xx. 496 This patchy fibrosis is one form of chronic interstitial myocarditis.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 899/2 The viral myocardites are classically associated with arrhythmias, atrioventricular conduction abnormalities and intraventricular blocks.
1994 Observer 29 May (Life Suppl.) 35/1 The first postmortem found a massive, acute myocarditis.
2001 Mayo Clin. Proc. 76 1030 We discuss the risks and utility of EMB [= endomyocardial biopsy] in the management of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and specific myocarditides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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