endocarditis

(en’do-kar-di’tis). Inflammation of the endocardium; a disease generally a ociated with acute rheumatism, sometimes with other acute febrile diseases, and marked by dyspnea, rapid heart action, and peculiar systolic murmurs. chronic e., a form a ociated with disease of the heart valves. infectious e. Same as ulcerative e. ©. len’ta, a mild endocarditis, frequently connected with the presence of Streptococcus viridans. t ©., endocarditis with ulceration of the valves: generally secondary to sup) upuration in some other part of the body.