endocarditis

English

Etymology

From endocard(ium) +‎ -itis.

Noun

endocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural endocarditides or endocarditises)

1. (pathology, cardiology) An inflammation of the endocardium and sometimes also the heart valves.

   Hypernyms: carditis, cardiopathy

   Coordinate terms: myocarditis, pericarditis, pancarditis, perimyoendocarditis

Derived terms

• endocarditic
• Libman-Sacks endocarditis

Translations

inflammation of the endocardium

• Armenian: էնդոկարդիտ (hy) (ēndokardit), ներքնասրտի բորբոքում (nerkʻnasrti borbokʻum)
• Catalan: endocarditis (ca) f
• Czech: endokarditida f
• French: endocardite (fr) f
• German: Endokarditis (de) f
• Hungarian: szívbelhártya-gyulladás (hu)
• Italian: endocardite (it) f
• Persian: آندوکاردیت (ândokârdit)
• Spanish: endocarditis (es) f
• Turkish: endokardit

Catalan

Etymology

From endocardi +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ən.du.kərˈdi.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ən.do.kərˈdi.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.do.kaɾˈði.tis]
• Rhymes: -itis

Noun

endocarditis f (invariable)

1. (pathology) endocarditis

Further reading

• “endocarditis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

From endocardio +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /endokaɾˈditis/ [ẽn̪.d̪o.kaɾˈð̞i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: en‧do‧car‧di‧tis

Noun

endocarditis f (plural endocarditis)

1. (pathology) endocarditis

Further reading

• “endocarditis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10