angiocarditis

Term: angiocarditis

Origin: Anc Greek

αγγείο-/angeio-(=vessel, receptacle) combining forms that are used as prefix meaning a vessel > άγγος/aggos(=tube)

+ καρδιά/cardia(=heart) which derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb κραδαίνω/kradeno (=rattle, rock).

+ίτις/-it is (modern Greek -ίτιδα)/-itida (=feminine suffix meaning “pertaining to”.) Feminine because it was used with feminine noun η νόσος/ e nosos /(=disease)

Coined:

Angio-oedema was described 1586 by Marcello Donati in a young count who was sensitive to egg . Hereditary angio-oedema was reported by Osler in 1885.

Definition

Angiocarditis is inflammation of the heart and large  blood vessels