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precordium

precordium noun: the region of the body over the heart and thorax.

Noun

precordium (plural precordia)

  1. The region of the body over the heart and thorax.

Forms of precordium

pluralprecordia
alternative formpræcordium

Origin of precordium

Borrowed from Latin praecordium.

Words formed from precordium

Questions about precordium

What does precordium mean?
Precordium means the region of the body over the heart and thorax.
What part of speech is precordium?
Precordium is a noun.
What is the plural of precordium?
The plural of precordium is precordia.

Words near precordium in the dictionary

  1. precoralligenous
  2. precoralloid
  3. precordia
  4. precordial
  5. precordially
  6. precordium
  7. precore
  8. precores
  9. precorneal
  10. precornu
  11. precornua

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