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Definition of Myocardium
1. Noun. The middle muscular layer of the heart wall.
Definition of Myocardium
1. n. The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.
Definition of Myocardium
1. Noun. (anatomy cardiology) The middle of the three layers forming the wall of the heart. ¹
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Definition of Myocardium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Myocardium
Literary usage of Myocardium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920)
"MYOCARDIAL DISEASE WITH REFERENCE TO THE SUBENDOCARDIAL myocardium FA WILLIUS,
... Involvement of the myocardium resulting from degenerative agents and from ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"OTHER DEGENERATIONS OF THE myocardium. (a) Brown Atrophy.—This is a common change
in the heart-muscle, pai - ticularly in chronic valvular lesions and in ..."
3. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"myocardium Introduction.—Many of the various retrograde processes already described
from the general point of view may affect the myocardium. ..."
4. Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System: Designed to be a Practical by Robert Hall Babcock (1909)
"Syphilis attacks the myocardium only in the tertiary period of the disease, and
after a lapse of five or ten years or longer following the initial sore. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1897)
"SEGMENTATION AND FRAGMENTATION OF THE myocardium.1 BY ... Of the morbid changes
of the myocardium proper none occur more frequently or under a greater ..."
6. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"The myocardium.—The middle layer of the heart-wall, the myocardium, is composed
of a close elongated network of muscle-fibres, the inter- muscular spaces of ..."
7. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"myocardium Introduction.—Many of the various retrograde processes already described
from the general point of view may affect the myocardium. ..."
8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1897)
"Saenger maintains that tuberculosis of the myocardium is usually secondary to
... The myocardium may undoubtedly be affected with tuberculosis without any ..."
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