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carditis

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car·di·tis  (kär-dts)
n.
Inflammation of the muscle tissue of the heart.
[card(io)- + -itis.]
carditis [kɑːˈdaɪtɪs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the heart
carditis
an inflamed condition of the heart.
See also: Heart
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Noun1.carditis - inflammation of the heart
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
endocarditis - inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
myocardial inflammation, myocarditis - inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)
pancarditis - inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium)
pericarditis - inflammation of the pericardium
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