per·i·car·di·um (p r  -kär d - m)n. pl. per·i·car·di·a (-d -) The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels. [New Latin, from Greek perikardion, from perikardios, around the heart : peri-, peri- + kardi  , heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]per i·cardi·al (-d-l), peri·cardi·ac (-d- k) adj. |
pericardium [ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪəm]
n pl -dia [-dɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the membranous sac enclosing the heart
[via New Latin from Greek perikardion, from peri- + kardia heart]
pericardial , pericardiac adj
| pericardium (pr-kärd-m) Plural pericardia The membrane sac that encloses the heart in vertebrate animals. |
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| Noun | 1. |  pericardium - a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heartepicardium, visceral pericardium - the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium parietal pericardium - the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum serosa, serous membrane - a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid |
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