心しん炎えん

noun

carditis

Medical term for inflammation of the heart. Often used in compound forms such as 心内膜炎 (endocarditis), 心筋炎 (myocarditis), and 心外膜炎 (pericarditis).

• 心しん炎えんは心しん臓ぞうの炎えん症しょうを指さす医い学がく用よう語ごです。

  Carditis is a medical term that refers to inflammation of the heart.

• リウマチ熱ねつは心しん炎えんを引ひき起おこすことがあります。

  Rheumatic fever can cause carditis.