hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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- noun
- /haɪpərˈtroʊfɪk ˌkɑrdiəʊmaɪˈəʊpəθi/
- Specialized
- Doctors often recommend regular check-ups for patients diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to monitor their heart health.
Examples
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They have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which predominantly effects diastole, that's the relaxation phase of the heart.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition that can make physical activity difficult due to the thickening of the heart muscle.
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"Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."
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Resting electrocardiogram and stress testing were the most useful diagnostic tests, although echocardiography diagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in one family.
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His surviving sister (aged 12 years) presented with electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings typical of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (17 mm asymmetric septal hypertrophy).
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Family G – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the previously asymptomatic 17-year-old proband died after feeling unwell and being substituted in a competitive football match.
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Many young athletes are advised to undergo screenings for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to prevent sudden heart-related incidents.
Synonyms
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A condition when the heart cannot pump enough blood around the body
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A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
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A disease that makes the heart muscle weak so it cannot pump blood well
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The heart cannot pump enough blood to the body, causing tiredness and shortness of breath
A disease of the heart muscle that makes it weak and less able to pump blood
How Thick
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is compositionally built: 'hypertrophic' (excessively developed/thickened tissue) combined with 'cardiomyopathy' (a disease of the heart muscle that impairs pumping) yields a heart-muscle disease characterized by abnormal thickening. This medical compound follows regular morphological/semantic combination patterns (common across languages for technical terms), so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the overall meaning.
Etymology
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy describes a heart problem where the heart's main muscle becomes 'too thick'. The parts hypertrophic, meaning 'too big', and cardio and myopathy, meaning 'heart' and 'muscle problem', give a picture of a pump with thicker walls and less space inside, so the heart must work harder to push blood and cannot pump as well.