Cardiomyoliposis

/ˌkɑːrdiːoʊmaɪoʊlɪˈpoʊsɪs/ noun

A medical condition where fatty deposits accumulate in the heart muscle tissue, weakening the heart's ability to pump blood effectively.

From cardio- (Greek kardia, heart), myo- (Greek mys, muscle), liposis (Greek lipos, fat, + -osis, condition). The term combines medical roots to describe fat deposition in cardiac muscle, arising in 19th-century medical terminology.

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