myocarditis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
myocarditis
    n 1: inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the
         heart) [syn: {myocardial inflammation}, {myocarditis}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
myocarditis \my`o*car*di"tis\, n. [NL. see {myocardium}.] (Med.)
   Inflammation of the myocardium.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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