different between myocardium vs myocadiac

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).