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Pericardium

noun
(pl. pericardia)
1.
A serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart.



Related searches:
parietal pericardium
visceral pericardium


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"Pericardium" Quotes from Famous Books



... looked at her tongue; said that it was heart-disease, caused by excitement. He thought it must be religious excitement. She should have a corn-sweat and some wafer-ash tea. The corn-sweat would act as a tonic and strengthen the pericardium. The wafer-ash would cause a tendency of blood to the head, and thus relieve the pressure on the juggler-vein. Cynthy Ann listened admiringly to Dr. Ketchup's incomprehensible, oracular utterances, and then speedily put a bushel of ear-corn in the great wash-boiler, which ...
— The End Of The World - A Love Story • Edward Eggleston
... throughout the heart, or in the spirit about it. Diogenes, in the arterial ventricle of the heart, which is also full of vital spirit. Empedocles, in the mass of the blood. There are that say it is in the neck of the heart, others in the pericardium, others in the midriff. Certain of the Neoterics, that the seat of the soul is extended from the head to the diaphragm. Pythagoras, that the animal part of the soul resides in the heart, the intellectual in ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch


Words linked to "Pericardium" :   pericardial, epicardium, serous membrane, serosa


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