Definitions for pericardium

pericardium per·i·car·di·um

Spelling: [per-i-kahr-dee-uh m]
IPA: /ˌpɛr ɪˈkɑr di əm/

Pericardium is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 646 anagrams from letters in pericardium (acdeiimprru).

Definitions for pericardium

noun

  1. the membranous sac enclosing the heart.

Origin of pericardium

1570-80; New Latin Greek perikárdion, noun use of neuter of perikárdios surrounding the heart, equivalent to peri- peri- + kardios, adj. derivative of kardía

Examples for pericardium

Thickening of the pericardium and subserous hemorrhages also occur.

There are that say it is in the neck of the heart, others in the pericardium, others in the midriff.

Cardio-coelom: that part of the coelom that forms the pericardium.

There were numerous ecchymoses of both layers of the pericardium.

The corn-sweat would act as a tonic and strengthen the pericardium.

In short, an abscess in the pericardium must be treated like an abscess in the pleura.

But it had pierced the pericardium, as best Feldman could guess, and it could be fatal at any moment.

Inflammation, as in pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium.

Under this name I also include the dropsy of the pericardium.

In the Dog-fish, at least, it has no connection with the pericardium.

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