MYOCARDIUM (myocardia)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: myocardia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does myocardium mean? 

• MYOCARDIUM (noun)
  The noun MYOCARDIUM has 1 sense:

1. the middle muscular layer of the heart wall

  Familiarity information: MYOCARDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOCARDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The middle muscular layer of the heart wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

Derivation:

myocardial (of or relating to the myocardium)

 Context examples 

A disorder affecting the conduction system that sends electrical signals in the myocardium.

(Heart Conduction Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Isoxsuprine hydrochloride also causes relaxation of uterine smooth muscle and may also produce positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the myocardium.

(Isoxsuprine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An often fatal inflammatory disorder that affects the myocardium.

(Giant Cell Myocarditis, NCI Thesaurus)

Doxaminol may bind to and stimulate beta-1-adrenergic receptors located in the myocardium.

(Doxaminol, NCI Thesaurus)

Dobutamine primarily binds to and stimulates beta-1-adrenergic receptors located in the myocardium.

(Dobutamine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Enlargement or overgrowth of the myocardium of the left ventricle, due to chronic pressure overload.

(Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

An uncommon congenital abnormality where the left ventricular myocardium fails to compact during embryonic development, leading to cardiomyopathy with a variable degree of ventricular dysfunction.

(Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of mostly autosomal recessive inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by accumulation of lipofuscin in the neuronal cells and in other tissues including liver, spleen, kidneys, and myocardium.

(Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Penetration of a lead through a systemic vein, coronary vein, or the myocardium.

(Perforation due to Lead, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A recombinant version of the cardiac neurohormone, human B-type natriuretic peptide (hBNP) produced by the ventricular myocardium.

(Nesiritide, NCI Thesaurus)