different between myocarditis vs myocardium

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

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myocardium

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??? (mûs, muscle) + ?????? (kardí?, heart).

Noun

myocardium (plural myocardiums or myocardia)

  1. (anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

Synonyms

  • (muscular substance of the heart): cardiac muscle, heart muscle

Hypernyms

  • (muscular substance of the heart): muscle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • myocardium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • myocardium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • cardiac muscle in Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /my.o?kar.di.um/, [my??kärd?i???]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.o?kar.di.um/, [mi??k?rd?ium]

Noun

myocardium n (genitive myocardi? or myocard?); second declension

  1. myocardium
  2. muscular substance of the heart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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