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pericardium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).

Meanings

  1. 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):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pericardiums Number=Plur lexicographic
pericardia Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pericardiodesis · pneumohemopericardium · hyperpericardium · haemopericardium · hemopericardium · pneumopericardium · pericardiectomy · hydropericardium · chylopericardium · xenopericardium

Relateds

pericardial · endocardium · pericarditis · pericardiac · myocardium

Synonyms

theca cordis · heart sac

Translations (36)

syc ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · hy սրտակրանք (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · el περικάρδιο (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fa آبشامه (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · id perikardium (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fa پیراشامه (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · pl osierdzie (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ja 心嚢 (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ru перикард (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ca pericardi (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ko 심낭 (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · cs perikard (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · cs osrdečník (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · tr perikard (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · sv hjärtsäck (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · tl bambampuso (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ar تَأْمُور (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · cmn 心包 (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ro pericard (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · de Perikard (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · it pericardio (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fa پریکارد (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · is gollurshús (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · sv perikardium (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · de Herzbeutel (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ko 심막 (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · cs osrdečnice (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · es pericardio (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · cy pilen y galon (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · nl hartzakje (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fi perikardium (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · ru околосе́рдие (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fi sydänpussi (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · fr péricarde (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · lt širdiplėvė (serous membrane that surrounds the heart) · nl pericardium (serous membrane that surrounds the heart)