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pericardium

/per-i-kahr-dee-uhm/US // ˌpɛr ɪˈkɑr di əm //UK // (ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪəm) //

心包,心包膜,心包经,心包经络

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural per·i·car·di·a [per-i-kahr-dee-uh]. /ˌpɛr ɪˈkɑr di ə/. Anatomy.

    • : the membranous sac enclosing the heart.

Examples

  • That dye lit up the pericardium in four out of every 10 of the athletes.

  • He knew, also, that the pulmonary veins conducted arterial blood, and that the pericardium was a shut sac.

  • He wrote an extensive treatise upon tumors, and, it is stated, first successfully tapped the pericardium.

  • In the Dog-fish, at least, it has no connection with the pericardium.

  • The pericardium contained about eight ounces of straw-coloured fluid.

  • There was a light-brown exudation, extending over serous lamina of the pericardium and the surface of the heart.