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Word: Pericardium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek perikardion, from peri ‘around’ + kardia ‘heart’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
Short Definition:membrane enclosing heart, consisting of outer fibrous layer and inner double layer of serous membrane
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