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myocarditis
(redirected from Inflammation of the heart)

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myocarditis [‚mī·ə‚kär′dīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the myocardium.


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For example, coxsackievirus B3 (CB3) infection of susceptible mice results in inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) that resembles myocarditis in humans.
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