cardiomyopathy

noun

car·​dio·​my·​op·​a·​thy ˈkär-dē-ō-(ˌ)mī-ˈä-pə-thē 

plural cardiomyopathies

: any of several structural or functional diseases of heart muscle marked especially by hypertrophy and obstructive damage to the heart

Examples of cardiomyopathy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Oral clues to cardiac disease: Buccal epithelium changes precede cardiac phenotype in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies. —Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

Michael passed away in 2016 from heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and a fatty liver. —Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025

This approval allows Alnylam to target patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a much larger population than those with ATTR polyneuropathy. —Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 June 2025

At just 4, Mireya was diagnosed with left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC), a rare condition that severely weakened her heart. —Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cardiomyopathy

• coagulopathy
• encephalopathy
• homoeopathy
• polyneuropathy
• radiculopathy
• enteropathy
• myelopathy
• retinopathy
• myopathy
• psychopathy

Medical Definition

cardiomyopathy

noun

car·​dio·​my·​op·​a·​thy ˈkärd-ē-ō-(ˌ)mī-ˈäp-ə-thē 

plural cardiomyopathies

: any structural or functional disease of heart muscle that is marked especially by enlargement of the heart, by hypertrophy of cardiac muscle, or by rigidity and loss of flexibility of the heart walls and that may be idiopathic or attributable to a specific cause (such as heart valve disease, untreated high blood pressure, or viral infection)