endocarditis
(en″dō-kar-dīt′s)
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[endocardium + -itis]
Infection or inflammation of the heart valves or of the lining of the heart. In casual clinical usage, “endocarditis” is often used for “infective endocarditis.”
SEE: infective endocarditis
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Endocarditis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749101/12/endocarditis.
Endocarditis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749101/12/endocarditis. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Endocarditis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749101/12/endocarditis
Endocarditis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749101/12/endocarditis.
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