myocardium

English

Etymology

From New Latin myocardium, 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.

Synonyms

(muscular substance of the heart): cardiac muscle, heart muscle

Hypernyms

(muscular substance of the heart): muscle

Derived terms

Related terms

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
Galician: miocardio m
German: Myokard (de) n, Herzmuskel (de) m
Greek: μυοκάρδιο (el) n (myokárdio)
Hungarian: miokardium, szívizom (hu)
Icelandic: hjartavöðvi (is) m
Italian: miocardio (it) m
Japanese: 心筋 (ja) (しんきん, shinkin)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: masûlkeya dil
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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
cardiac muscle in Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /my.oˈkar.di.um/, [myɔˈkärd̪iʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.oˈkar.di.um/, [mioˈkärd̪ium]

Noun

myocardium n (genitive myocardiī or myocardī); second declension

myocardium
muscular substance of the heart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	myocardium	myocardia
Genitive	myocardiī myocardī¹	myocardiōrum
Dative	myocardiō	myocardiīs
Accusative	myocardium	myocardia
Ablative	myocardiō	myocardiīs
Vocative	myocardium	myocardia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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