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epicarditis

epicarditis

English

Noun

epicarditis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) inflammation of the epicardium
    • 2015 July 16, “First Description of a New Disease in Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)) Similar to Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI) and Detection of a Gene Sequence Related to Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV)”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131638:
      Mild to severe endo-and myocarditis was accompanied by a similar degree of epicarditis.