pericardium
noun
the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
pericardia
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pluralof pericardium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She presented to him her hand, which he kissed respectfully, and simultaneously with the contact thirty-two invisible arrows plunged at once into his heart, one from every point of the compass of his pericardia.
From Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock
