subacute bacterial endocarditis

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   a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly

   Broaderendocarditis

Questions about subacute bacterial endocarditis

What does subacute bacterial endocarditis mean?

subacute bacterial endocarditis means "a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly".

Is subacute bacterial endocarditis a common word?

subacute bacterial endocarditis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.