Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the muscular wall of the heart and of its enveloping membrane.
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- noun medicine A combination of
myocarditis andpericarditis , where there isfluid in theheart .
Etymologies
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myo- + pericarditis
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Examples
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Many enteroviruses are associated with specific syndromes, for example, the group B coxsackieviruses more commonly cause meningitis or myopericarditis and enterovirus 71 causes hand-foot-mouth disease (vesicular eruption and inflammation of the throat and mouth with rash) with or without encephalitis.
Chapter 2 1998
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Dengue pericarditis can be seen but it is very rare and in the form of myopericarditis.
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(inflammation of the brain), myopericarditis (inflammation of the heart tissue), and, occasionally, paralytic diseases.
Chapter 2 1998
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