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nounthe membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valvestype of:
Definition that contains endocardium
- endocarditis inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
- pancarditis inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium)
- serratia marcescens the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon
- subacute bacterial endocarditis a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly