SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subacute bacterial endocarditis" is a kind of...):

endocarditis (inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves)

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