pericardium
noun/ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).
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Anatomy, Cardiology, Medicine, Sciences 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 […]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):
- Synonyms
- heart sac, theca cordis
- Derived terms
- chylopericardium, haemopericardium, hemopericardium, hydropericardium, hyperpericardium, pericardiectomy, pericardiodesis, pneumohemopericardium, pneumopericardium, xenopericardium
- Related terms
- pericardiac, pericardial, pericarditis, endocardium, myocardium