myocardium

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New Latin < Ancient Greek μῦς (mys), muscle) + καρδία (kardiā), heart).

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Singular
myocardium

Plural
myocardia

myocardium (plural myocardia)

  1. (anatomy, cardiology) The muscles that surround and power the heart; blood is supplied by the coronary arteries.

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