MEGALOCARDIA

cardiomegaly, megalocardia, megacardia, enlarged heart

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart; “mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

megalocardia (uncountable)

(medicine) The condition of having an enlarged heart.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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