myocardium

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mys, “muscle”) + καρδία (kardiā, “heart”).

Noun

myocardium (plural myocardia)

1. (anatomy, cardiology) The middle of the three layers forming the wall of the heart.

Derived terms

• myocardial
• myocarditis
• myocardial infarction

Related terms

• endocardium
• pericardium
• epicardium

Translations

muscles that surround and power the heart

Czech: myokard (cs) m. Italian: miocardio (it) m.

Romanian: miocard (ro) n. Russian: миокард (ru) (miokárd) m.

External links

• myocardium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• myocardium in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911