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Definition of Pericarditis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the pericardium.
Definition of Pericarditis
1. Noun. (cardiology pathology) Inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart. ¹
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Definition of Pericarditis
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Medical Definition of Pericarditis
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Literary usage of Pericarditis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"pericarditis from injury usually comes under the care of the surgeon in connection
with the primary wound. The trauma may- be from within, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"In certain instances of tuberculous pericarditis it has been noted that there was no
... In 1048 autopsies, Wells' found tuberculous pericarditis 10 times, ..."
3. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"pericarditis quite frequently develops in acute articular rheumatism, ...
Among the chronic diseases in the course of which pericarditis sometimes appears ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases by Austin Flint (1870)
"INFLAMMATORY AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART— pericarditis. Acute pericarditis—Anatomical
... In a large proportion of the cases of pericarditis, ..."
5. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1898)
"Purulent pericarditis runs a comparatively r.ipid and an almost uniformly
unfavorable course. dium are also apt to cause purulent effusion, and many of the ..."
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