| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| endocardium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·do·car·di·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n d -kär d - m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. en·do·car·di·a (-d-)
The thin serous membrane, composed of endothelial tissue, that lines the interior of the heart. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin : endo– + Greek kardi , heart; see kerd- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | endo·cardi·al —ADJECTIVE
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