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CARDIOMYOPATHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)

Synonyms:

cardiomyopathy; myocardiopathy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cardiomyopathy" is a kind of...):

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiomyopathy"):

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability)

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 Context examples: 

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue as well as cardiac hypertrophy and cardiomyopathy.

(MIR133A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare metabolic disorder characterized by the deficiency of mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase component of complex I. Signs and symptoms include cardiomyopathy, encephalopathy, enlarged head, and progressive leukodystrophy.

(NADH Dehydrogenase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Inherited overproduction of free radicals, high levels of lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, DNA rearrangements, morbid conditions mimicking human degenerative diseases: cataract, emphysema, cardiomyopathy, carcinogenesis; short life-span and low fecundity.

(OXYS, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with cardiomyopathy.

(MIR1-2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of cardiomyopathy.

(MIR1-2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in development of lung and hepatocellular carcinomas, cardiomyopathy, cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease.

(MIR1-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR1-1 RNA, plays roles in lung and liver cancers, as well as cardiomyopathy, cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease.

(MIR1-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers also noted increases in an unusual pattern of cardiomyopathy, or damage to heart tissue, in exposed male and female rats.

(High exposure to radiofrequency radiation linked to tumor activity in male rats, National Institutes of Health)

It is characterized by developmental delay, mental retardation, loose skin folds, cardiomyopathy, tachycardia, and structural heart defects.

(Costello syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, muscle weakness and atrophy, growth delay, cardiolipin deficiency and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria.

(Barth Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)