Definition
A condition involving rheumatic disease affecting the heart and its surrounding tissues.
Etymology
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'rheuma' (flow, discharge), combining medical terminology for heart disorders with rheumatic manifestations. The term emerged in 19th-century medical literature to describe the cardiac complications of rheumatism.
Kelly Says
This word reveals how doctors in the 1800s thought of diseases as things 'flowing' through the body—we now know rheumatic fever damages the heart through immune reactions, but the ancient metaphor of disease as flowing humor still echoes in medical vocabulary.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
ARالعربية
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
BNবাংলা
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
CACatalà
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
CSČeština
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
DADansk
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
DEDeutsch
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
ELΕλληνικά
καρδιορρημα
kar-dee-oh-rre-ma
ESEspañol
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
FAفارسی
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
FISuomi
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
FRFrançais
cardiorrhéuma
kar-dee-oh-rhe-ma
GUGU
કાર્ડિયોર્રીયુમા
kar-dee-oh-rree-yu-ma
HAHA
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
HEעברית
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
HIहिन्दी
हृदयशोथ
hrid-ay-sho-th
HUMagyar
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
IDBahasa Indonesia
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
IGIG
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
ITItaliano
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
KKKK
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
KMKM
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
MRMR
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
MSBahasa Melayu
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
MYမြန်မာ
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
NLNederlands
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
NONorsk
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
PAPA
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
PLPolski
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
PTPortuguês
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
RORomână
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
RUРусский
кардиорриема
kar-dee-oh-rri-e-ma
SVSvenska
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
SWKiswahili
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
TAதமிழ்
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
TEతెలుగు
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
THไทย
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
TLTL
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
TRTürkçe
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
UKУкраїнська
кардіорема
kar-dee-oh-re-ma
URاردو
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
VITiếng Việt
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
YOYO
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma
ZUZU
cardiorrheuma
kar-dee-oh-rheu-ma