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Webster 1913 Edition

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(kär-dī′tĭs)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

καρδία

heart +

-itis

: cf. F.

cardite

(Med)

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See

and

Dunglison.

carditis ‎(usually uncountable, plural carditides)

inflammation of the muscles of the heart