Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Enlargement of the heart.
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- noun
megalocardia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormal enlargement of the heart
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Enlarged heart, medically called cardiomegaly, is not a disease, but a symptom of another condition.
foodconsumer.org 2010
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This article deals with cardiomegaly, which is heart enlargement.
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An enlarged heart, also called cardiomegaly, is not a disease but a symptom.
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An enlarged heart, also called cardiomegaly, is not a disease but a symptom.
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This article deals with cardiomegaly, which is heart enlargement.
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If it were any heartier, it would actually suffer from inflammatory cardiomegaly.
Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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An autopsy today found the cause of Hammerdorfer's death was cardiomegaly and biventricular hypertrophy, which refers to an enlarged heart and enlarged ventricles.
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Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
whichbe commented on the word cardiomegaly
This must be a beneficial condition.
November 15, 2009