MYOCARDIOPATHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)

Synonyms:

cardiomyopathy; myocardiopathy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("myocardiopathy" is a kind of...):

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "myocardiopathy"):

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability)

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