- subacute bacterial endocarditis
- nouna chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly• Hypernyms: ↑endocarditis
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Subacute bacterial endocarditis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|I|33|0|i|30 ICD9 = ICD9|421.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D004698 Subacute bacterial endocarditis (also called endocarditis lenta) is a … Wikipedia
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