pericardial
Americanadjective
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Origin of pericardial
First recorded in 1645–55; pericardi(um) + -al 1
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In 2019, he underwent surgery for pericardial effusion - a condition affecting the heart.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
One of the first patients to spark her interest in female health was a lioness with pericardial effusion, or fluid in the sac around her heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022
The pixelated gray-and-white image of the patient’s rapidly beating heart muscle was surrounded by an unnatural black halo, indicating the presence of excess fluid in the pericardial sac.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021
Those branches that supply blood primarily to visceral organs are known as the visceral branches and include the bronchial arteries, pericardial arteries, esophageal arteries, and the mediastinal arteries, each named after the tissues it supplies.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
After bathing the various tissues and organs, the blood returns dorsalwards into the pericardial sinus through fine perforations of its floor, and so makes its way into the heart again.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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