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Meaning of EPICARDIUM

Pronunciation:  `epu'kârdeeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium
 
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 Synonyms: visceral pericardium
 
 See Also: pericardium, serosa, serous membrane

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep`i*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ?
heart.] (Anat.)
That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the
heart; the cardiac pericardium.
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: the membrane that covers the outside of the heart.
 
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