pericardium

[ per-i-kahr-dee-uhm ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural per·i·car·di·a [per-i-, kahr, -dee-, uh].

1. the membranous sac enclosing the heart.

pericardium

/ ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪəm /

noun

1. the membranous sac enclosing the heart

pericardium

/ pĕr′ĭ-kär′dē-əm /

, Plural pericardia

1. The membrane sac that encloses the heart in vertebrate animals.

Derived Forms

• ˌperiˈcardial, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pericardium¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pericardium¹

C16: via New Latin from Greek perikardion, from peri- + kardia heart

Example Sentences

That dye lit up the pericardium in four out of every 10 of the athletes.

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He knew, also, that the pulmonary veins conducted arterial blood, and that the pericardium was a shut sac.

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He wrote an extensive treatise upon tumors, and, it is stated, first successfully tapped the pericardium.

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

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The pericardium contained about eight ounces of straw-coloured fluid.

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There was a light-brown exudation, extending over serous lamina of the pericardium and the surface of the heart.

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