Myo- (prefix)
A prefix denoting a relationship to muscle.
Myo- enters into many words and terms in medicine including cardiomyopathy, dermatomyositis, electromyography, leiomyoma, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, myocardium, myoclonic, myocyte, myopathy, myoglobin, myometrium, myotonia, myotonic dystrophy, and polymyositis.
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- Myocardial bridge
Literally a bridging of heart muscle over one of the major arteries to the heart (usually the left anterior descending artery). The heart has formed in this abnormal design from birth, whereby the artery is actually ‘tunneled’ through a part of the heart muscle.
- Myocardial infarction
A heart attack. Abbreviated MI. The term “myocardial infarction” focuses on the myocardium (the heart muscle) and the changes that occur in it due to the sudden deprivation of circulating blood. The main change is necrosis (death) of myocardial tissue. The word “infarction” comes from the Latin “infarcire” meaning “to plug up or cram.” It […]
- Myocardial infarction, acute
Acute myocardial infarction.
- Myocarditis
Inflammation of the myocardium, the heart muscle. Myocarditis can be caused by a number of different conditions. The most common cause is infection of the heart muscle by a virus. The virus causes the initial heart muscle inflammation. After the initial viral infection subsides, the body’s immune system continues to inflict inflammatory damage on the […]
- Myoclonic seizure
A seizure characterized by jerking (myoclonic) movements of a muscle or muscle group, without loss of consciousness.