hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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- noun
- /haɪpərˈtroʊfɪk ˌkɑrdiəʊmaɪˈəʊpəθi/
- Specialized
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cardiomiopatía hipertrófica
- 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 disease that makes the heart muscle weak so it cannot pump blood well
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A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
A disease of the heart muscle that makes it weak and less able to pump blood
The heart cannot pump enough blood to the body, causing tiredness and shortness of breath
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.