Author: Glossary
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Endocranial
Intracranial or within the cranium.
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Endocolitis
Inflammation of the mucosa of the colon.
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Endochondral bone formation
One of the two types of bone formation in skeletal development. Each long bone is formed as a cartilage model before bone is laid down, replacing the cartilage.
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Vegetative endocarditis
Endocarditis associated with fibrinous clots on ulcerated valvular surfaces.
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Valvular endocarditis
Endocarditis affecting the heart valves find not the inner lining of the heart.
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Ulcerative endocarditis
A rapidly destructive form of acute bacterial endocarditis characterized by necrosis or ulceration of the valves.
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Syphilitic endocarditis
Endocarditis due to syphilis having extended from the aorta to the aortic valves.
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Right-sided endocarditis
Endocarditis affecting the tricuspid or pulmonary valve. It is usually the result of a percutaneous infection and is most often seen in injection drug users.
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Rheumatic endocarditis
Valvular inflammation and dysfunction (especially mitral insufficiency) occurring during acute rheumatic fever.
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis
Bacterial infection of a surgically implanted artificial heart valve.