myocardium

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).

Noun

myocardium (plural myocardiums or myocardia)

(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

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Translations

muscles that surround and power the heart

Catalan: miocardi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心肌 (zh) (xīnjī)
Czech: myokard (cs) m
Finnish: sydänlihas (fi)
French: myocarde (fr) m
German: Myokard (de) n
Greek: μυοκάρδιο (el) n (myokárdio)

Hungarian: miokardium, szívizom (hu)
Italian: miocardio (it) m
Japanese: 心筋 (しんきん, shinkin)
Portuguese: miocárdio m
Romanian: miocard (ro) n, mușchi al inimii m
Russian: миока́рд (ru) m (miokárd)
Spanish: miocardio (es) m
Swedish: hjärtmuskulatur (sv) c, myokardium (sv)

Further reading

myocardium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
myocardium in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
cardiac muscle in Wikipedia

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