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epicardium

epicardium noun: the layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.

Noun

epicardium (plural epicardiums or epicardia)

  1. The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.

epicardium meaning in Tamil

epicardium in Tamil

இதய வெளியுறை, மலிதயம், இதயவறைமேற்சவ்வு

Forms of epicardium

pluralepicardiums
pluralepicardia

Origin of epicardium

New Latin, from Latin epi- (“over”) + Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

Words formed from epicardium

Questions about epicardium

What does epicardium mean?
Epicardium means the layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
What is epicardium in Tamil?
Epicardium in Tamil is இதய வெளியுறை, மலிதயம், இதயவறைமேற்சவ்வு. See Epicardium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epicardium?
Epicardium is a noun.
What is the plural of epicardium?
The plural of epicardium is epicardiums.

Words near epicardium in the dictionary

  1. epicardial
  2. epicardially
  3. epicardiocyte
  4. epicardiocytes
  5. epicarditis
  6. epicardium
  7. epicardiums
  8. epicarial
  9. epicaricacy
  10. epicaridean
  11. epicarideans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epicardium (page history and authors); epicardium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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