Myocarditis

Definition: Myocarditis

Myocarditis

Noun

1. Inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart).

Etymology: Myocarditis \My`o*car*di"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression. see Myocardium.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Myocarditis

Domain	Definition
Health	Inflammation of the myocardium; inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Myocarditis

Synonym: myocardial inflammation (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Myocarditis

Specialty definitions using "myocarditis": Cardiovirus, Coxsackievirus Infections ♦ Encephalomyocarditis Virus. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Myocarditis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (myocarditis), Dutch (myocarditis).

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Commercial Usage: Myocarditis

Domain	Title
Books	Atlas of Heart Diseases: Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis, and Pericardial Disease (Vol. II) (reference) Myocarditis (reference) Pathogenesis of myocarditis and cardiomyopathy : recent experimental and clinical studies (reference) Prognosis and treatment of cardiomyopathies and myocarditis (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Myocarditis

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Though not a very common sequela, S. typhi, the bacterium responsible for typhoid fever, can cause myocarditis. Note the leukocytic infiltrate present in the myocardium. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Myocarditis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		An association between LCMV infection and myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscles) has been suggested. (references)
		Cardiac manifestations are rare but may include myocarditis and transient atrioventricular blocks of varying degree. (references)
		In children and young adults, exertion-related deaths are uncommon and are generally related to congenital heart defects (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Marfan's syndrome, severe aortic valve stenosis, prolonged QT syndromes, cardiac conduction abnormalities) or to acquired myocarditis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Myocarditis

"Myocarditis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Myocarditis" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Myocarditis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
myocarditis	89
viral myocarditis	13
acute myocarditis	3
lymphocytic myocarditis	3
management myocarditis	2
giant cell myocarditis	2
symptom of myocarditis	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Myocarditis

Language		Translations for "myocarditis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		miokard. (various references)

Arabic		‏إلتهاب العضلة القلبية. (various references)

Bulgarian		миокардит. (various references)

Chinese		心肌炎. (various references)

Danish		myocarditis. (various references)

Dutch		myocarditis. (various references)

French		myocardite (f), myocardite. (various references)

German		Myokarditis. (various references)

Greek		ιογενής μυοκαρδίτιδα (neonatal myocarditis), μυοκαρδίτιδα νεογνών Coxsackie (Coxsackie myocarditis of the new-born), μυοκαρδίτιδα του Fiedler (neonatal myocarditis), μυοκαρδίτιδα Coxsackie (Coxsackie myocarditis), "ιδιοπαθής" μυοκαρδίτιδα. (various references)

Hebrew		�"לקת שריר �"לב. (various references)

Hungarian		szívizomgyulladás. (various references)

Italian		miocardite. (various references)

Pig Latin		yocarditismay

Portuguese		miocardite. (various references)

Russian		миокардит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		miokarditis. (various references)

Spanish		miocarditis. (various references)

Swedish		myokardit. (various references)

Turkish		kâlp kası iltihabı. (various references)

Ukrainian		міокардит. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Myocarditis

Derivations
	Words beginning with "myocarditis": myocarditises. (additional references)
	Words ending with "myocarditis": encephalomyocarditis. (additional references)
	Words containing "myocarditis": encephalomyocarditises. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Myocarditis"

Words rhyming with "myocarditis" (pronounced 'My`o*car*di"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Myocarditis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-o-r-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: mydriatics.
	-2 letters: amoristic, dicrotism, mydriatic.
	-3 letters: acridity, acrotism, aoristic, carditis, carotids, coadmits, costmary, cramoisy, diatomic, dioramic, dystocia, iotacism, midstory, ramosity, rimosity, scimitar, toadyism, triacids, triadics, triadism, trisomic.
	-4 letters: acidity, amorist, aridity, atomics, carotid, cirsoid, coadmit, comitia, costard, cystoid, dacoits, dacoity, daimios, daimyos, diarist, diatoms, disomic, drastic, mastoid, midairs, miotics, myotics, myriads, myricas, osmatic, ostiary.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-o-r-s-t-y"
	+2 letters: myocarditises.
	+3 letters: aerodynamicist, discriminatory, radiochemistry.
	+4 letters: aerodynamicists, hydrodynamicist.
	+5 letters: cardiomyopathies, discriminatorily, hydrodynamicists, thermodynamicist.
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