Med. [f. ENDOCARDI-UM + -ITIS.] Inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart. Hence Endocarditic a., of or pertaining to endocarditis.
1836–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 646/2. Chronic endocarditis affects the valves of the heart.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 335. Simultaneous involvement of the mitral valve in the endocarditic process.
1882. Pop. Sc. Monthly, XX. 712. Trivial injuries to the mitral-valve curtains by endocarditis.
