myocardium has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the middle muscular layer of the heart wall

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The myocardium of the posterior base of the left_ventricle was replaced by gray scar tissue over a 7.5 cm. area .

Related terms

cardiac_muscle

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