Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myocarditis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: my-ocardi-tis
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inflammation of the myocardium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English myocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English myocarditis From myocard(ium) + -itis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

myocardites (plural) myocarditides (plural) myocarditises (plural)

Derived Forms

endomyocarditis GCM perimyocarditis postmyocarditis VM

Frequently Paired Words

endocarditis pericarditis pancarditis perimyoendocarditis

Synonyms

myocardial inflammation

Questions

What does myocarditis mean?: Inflammation of the myocardium.
Where does myocarditis come from?: Etymology tree English myocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English myocarditis From myocard(ium) + -itis.

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