pericardium

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/

Noun

pericardium (plural pericardia or pericardiums)

(anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
- 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):
  The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]

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serous membrane that surrounds the heart

Arabic: تَأْمُور m (taʔmūr)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ f (taḥpīṯā ḏə-lebbā)
Catalan: pericardi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心包 (zh) (xīnbāo)
Czech: osrdečník (cs) m, osrdečnice f, perikard m
Finnish: sydänpussi (fi), perikardium (fi)
French: péricarde (fr) m
German: Herzbeutel (de) m, Perikard n
Greek: περικάρδιο (el) n (perikárdio)
Icelandic: gollurshús n
Italian: pericardio (it) m
Japanese: 心嚢 (ja) (shinnō)
Persian: پیراشامه (pirâšâme), آب‌شامه (fa) (âb-šâme), پریکارد (perikârd)
Polish: osierdzie (pl) n
Romanian: pericard (ro) n
Russian: перикард (ru) (perikard)
Spanish: pericardio (es) m
Swedish: perikardium (sv) n, hjärtsäck (sv) c
Tagalog: bambampuso
Turkish: perikard
Welsh: pilen y galon f

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