cardiomyopathy
noun
car·dio·my·op·a·thy
ˈkär-dē-ō-(ˌ)mī-ˈä-pə-thē 
plural cardiomyopathies
: any of several structural or functional diseases of heart muscle marked especially by hypertrophy and obstructive damage to the heart
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As for the patient, the 49-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy was discharged from hospital not long after her surgery last August and is doing well.
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Randy was initially diagnosed with presumptive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The woman had a disorder called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), also known as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, is a genetic condition affecting your heart muscle.
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New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2025
Randy was initially diagnosed with presumptive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The woman had a disorder called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), also known as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, is a genetic condition affecting your heart muscle.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 13 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for cardiomyopathy
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“Cardiomyopathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardiomyopathy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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cardiomyopathy
noun
car·dio·my·op·a·thy
ˈkärd-ē-ō-(ˌ)mī-ˈäp-ə-thē
plural cardiomyopathies
: any structural or functional disease of heart muscle that is marked especially by enlargement of the heart, by hypertrophy of cardiac muscle, or by rigidity and loss of flexibility of the heart walls and that may be idiopathic or attributable to a specific cause (such as heart valve disease, untreated high blood pressure, or viral infection)
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