Definition of Pericardia

1. Noun. (plural of pericardium) ¹

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Definition of Pericardia

1. pericardium [n] - See also: pericardium

Medical Definition of Pericardia

1. Plural of pericardium. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pericardia

peribronchial
peribronchiolar
peribronchiolitis
peribronchitis
peribuccal
peribulbar
peribursal
pericaecal
pericallosal artery
pericambium
pericanalicular
pericanicular dense bodies
pericapillary
pericapillary cell
pericardectomy
pericardia (current term)
pericardiac
pericardiacophrenic artery
pericardiacophrenic veins
pericardial
pericardial branch of phrenic nerve
pericardial branch of thoracic aorta
pericardial cavity
pericardial cyst
pericardial decompression
pericardial effusion
pericardial fremitus
pericardial friction sound
pericardial knock
pericardial murmur

Literary usage of Pericardia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine. A Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1895)
"There is great tendency to palpitation, and the pulse, Hayden tells us, is quick, all but inappreciable, yet regular. pericardia! Effusion. ..."

2. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"A second similar model was made to show the mesoderm and pericardia! cavity of the right side. FIGURE 2. — Paramedial section. In the embryonic disc three ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... tad to tbe pericardia! glands of other Molluscs. FlG. 28.—Circulatory and excretory organs of Sepia (from Gegen- baur, after John Hunter). c. ..."

4. Physical Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest by Richard Clarke Cabot (1903)
"Following the fibrinous exudation, which roughens the pericardia! surface and produces the friction sounds just described, serum may accumulate in the ..."

5. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1876)
"... containing formed anatomical elements—Physiological anatomy of the serous and synovial membranes—pericardia!, peritoneal and pleural secretions—Synovial ..."

6. The Elements of Embryology by Michael Foster, Francis Maitland Balfour (1883)
"The development of the body cavity and its subsequent division into pericardia! pleural and peritoneal cavities is precisely the same in Mammalia as in Aves ..."

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