Definition of Cardiopathy

1. Noun. A disease of the heart.

Exact synonyms: Heart Disease
Generic synonyms: Cardiovascular Disease
Specialized synonyms: Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmia, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Cardiomyopathy, Myocardiopathy, Coronary Failure, Heart Failure, Valvular Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease

Definition of Cardiopathy

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Medical Definition of Cardiopathy

1. Any disorder or disease of the heart. In addition to heart disease of inflammatory origin, there are arteriosclerotic cardiopathy, due to arteriosclerosis, fatty cardiopathy, due to growth of fatty tissue, hypertensive cardiopathy, due to high blood pressure, nephropathic cardiopathy, due to kidney disease, thyrotoxic cardiopathy, due to thyroid intoxication, toxic cardiopathy, due to the effect of some toxin and valvular cardiopathy, due to faulty valve action. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiopathy

cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyoplasty
cardiomyotomy
cardionatrin
cardionecrosis
cardionector
cardionephric
cardioneural
cardioneurosis
cardiopaludism
cardiopath
cardiopathia nigra
cardiopathies
cardiopathy (current term)
cardiopathy (current term)
cardiopericardiopexy
cardiophobia
cardiophone
cardiophony
cardiophrenia
cardiophrenic angle
cardioplasty
cardioplegia
cardioplegic
cardioplegic arrest
cardioplegic solutions
cardioptosia
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary

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