Meaning & use

Myocardia

noun·Academic

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The muscular tissue of the heart wall considered collectively (plural of myocardium).

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The study compared the myocardia of several animal species to understand cardiac evolution.

Pathologists examined the myocardia for signs of scarring after the infarctions.

A note on using this word

From Greek 'mys' (muscle) and 'kardia' (heart); the singular form 'myocardium' is far more common in everyday medical usage.

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