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pericoronary

pericoronary adjective: surrounding the heart.

Adjective

pericoronary (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the heart
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Origin of pericoronary

From peri- + coronary.

Questions about pericoronary

What does pericoronary mean?
Pericoronary means surrounding the heart.
What part of speech is pericoronary?
Pericoronary is an adjective.

Words near pericoronary in the dictionary

  1. pericope
  2. pericopes
  3. pericopic
  4. pericorneal
  5. pericoronal
  6. pericoronary
  7. pericoronitis
  8. pericortical
  9. pericostal
  10. pericrane
  11. pericranes

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