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Beer heart

Beer heart --> alcoholic cardiomyopathy

(Science: cardiology, pathology) a weakness of the cardiac muscle which is seen in some chronic alcoholics, may be related to a thiamin deficiency or occur for unknown reasons.

Origin: gr. Pathos = disease


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