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/en sef"euh loh muy'oh kahr duy"tis/, n. Pathol.a viral infection of the central nervous system and skeletal and heart muscle causing degeneration of tissue.[1945-50; ENCEPHALO- + MYOCARDITIS]
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encephalomyocarditis
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