Definitions for pericarditis

pericarditis per·i·car·di·tis

Spelling: [per-i-kahr-dahy-tis]
IPA: /ˌpɛr ɪ kɑrˈdaɪ tɪs/

Pericarditis is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1159 anagrams from letters in pericarditis (acdeiiiprrst).

Definitions for pericarditis

noun

  1. inflammation of the pericardium.

Origin of pericarditis

First recorded in 1790-1800; pericard(ium) + -itis

Examples for pericarditis

Endocarditis is probably more frequent than pericarditis, and the aortic are more liable than the other valves to suffer.

pericarditis is much less common; it is most likely to occur with cancer of the cardia.

Inflammation, as in pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium.

It is more especially when pericarditis complicates rheumatic polyarthritis that pulmonary affections occur.

The bellowslike sound is more distinct than it is in pericarditis.

Purpura rheumatica never seems to result in endo- or pericarditis.

pericarditis is a rare complication, and is apt to coexist with pleuro-pneumonia.

pericarditis is occasionally present, and is marked by the usual lesions.

In pleurisy with effusion and in pericarditis with effusion there is hypotension.

pericarditis scorbutica—a condition which has been observed mostly in Russia in recent times.

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