pericardium - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
pericardium (plural pericardia or pericardiums)
- (anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
- ✤ The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]1
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
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Footnotes
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1685, Samuel Collins, “Of the Diseases of the Pericardium, and their Cures”, in The Second Volume, containing The Parts of the Middle and Highest Apartiment of Man’s Body (And other Animals): ↩