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cardiomalacia

cardiomalacia noun: a softening of the muscular walls of the heart.

Noun

cardiomalacia

  1. A softening of the muscular walls of the heart

Origin of cardiomalacia

From cardio- + malacia.

Questions about cardiomalacia

What does cardiomalacia mean?
Cardiomalacia means a softening of the muscular walls of the heart.
What part of speech is cardiomalacia?
Cardiomalacia is a noun.

Words near cardiomalacia in the dictionary

  1. cardiologist
  2. cardiologists
  3. cardiology
  4. cardiolymphatic
  5. cardiolysis
  6. cardiomalacia
  7. cardiomediastinal
  8. cardiomegalies
  9. cardiomegaly
  10. cardiometabolic
  11. cardiometabolically

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