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pericardia

pericardia is the plural of pericardium.

Meaning of pericardium

Noun

pericardium (plural pericardia or pericardiums)

  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)

Questions about pericardia

What is pericardia the plural of?
Pericardia is the plural of pericardium.

Words near pericardia in the dictionary

  1. pericapsids
  2. pericapsular
  3. pericarcinomatous
  4. pericardectomies
  5. pericardectomy
  6. pericardia
  7. pericardiac
  8. pericardiacophrenic
  9. pericardial
  10. pericardial fluid
  11. pericardial fluids

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