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Definition of Endocarditis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves.

Definition of Endocarditis

1. n. Inflammation of the endocardium.

Definition of Endocarditis

1. Noun. (pathology cardiology) An inflammation of the endocardium and possibly the heart valves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endocarditis

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Medical Definition of Endocarditis

1. Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterised by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere. It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Endocarditis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"F. endocarditis endocarditis is either (1) acute or (2) chronic. 1. The varieties of Acute endocarditis are: (a) Simple Acute endocarditis ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"endocarditis Inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart is usually confined to the valves, so that the term is practically synonymous with valvular ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"Dr. Frederick Taylor, in a paper on ulcerative endocarditis read before the Metropolitan Counties Branch of the British Medical Association, ..."

4. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"endocarditis Acute endocarditis rarely if ever occurs without some myocarditis, ... endocarditis is divided for discussion into acute mild (simple) ..."

5. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"endocarditis is an inflammation of the endocardium, and may be either exudative, ... It has been claimed that an acute endocarditis becomes chronic when its ..."

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