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pericarditis

pericarditis

3 8.5
Swelling of the thin sac around the heart that causes chest pain
  • noun
  • /ˌpɛrɪkɑrˈdaɪtɪs/
  • Specialized
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  • He was hospitalized for pericarditis, which caused him severe discomfort and difficulty breathing.

Examples

  • After weeks of experiencing chest pain, the doctor diagnosed her with pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart.

  • Heart infections, such as pericarditis, endocarditis, and myocarditis, are caused when an irritant, such as a bacterium, virus, or chemical, reaches your heart muscle.

    Blog text (30)
  • All forms of pericarditis or cardiomyopathy may be.

    Blog text (21)
  • The meningococcus can also, less commonly, cause pericarditis or myocarditis, both of which have a grave prognosis.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Another useful physical finding to look for other causes is an elevated jugular venous pressure to detect heart failure or constrictive pericarditis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • It makes me sick when somebody's got pericarditis with effusion and people start laughing about it, making wisecracks about it, and carrying on like it's some kind of fucking joke or something.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Gastrointestinal: 18 Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain; Cardiac: 15 Pericarditis, endocarditis, myocarditis

    Academic text (2017)
  • Other significant AEs that have been noted by investigators include Bell's palsy, pericarditis, sarcoidosis, ophthalmologic disorders, and a deterioration of pre-existing rheumatological disease.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Patients with pericarditis often experience symptoms like sharp chest pain and fever.

How Extensive

pancarditis
  • Specialized
9.9
myocarditis
  • Specialized
1 8.4
endocarditis
  • Specialized
6 9.1
pericarditis
  • Specialized
3 8.5

Surface Forms

pericarditis singular

Morphology

pericarditis = pericardium (semi-transparent) = pericardium + itis

Formally analyzable as 'pericardium' + '-itis' (inflammation), but both elements are medical terms/combining forms that are unfamiliar to average B1 learners.

Etymology

The word pericarditis comes from three parts: peri- meaning 'around', cardi- meaning 'heart' as in cardio, and -itis meaning 'inflammation', a suffix you see in words like tonsillitis. So pericarditis is the inflammation of the thin covering around the heart.