pericardium
A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
Synonyms
- heart sac
Related words
- pericardiectomy
- pericardiodesis
- pneumohemopericardium
- xenopericardium
- hemopericardium
- hydropericardium
- haemopericardium
- pneumopericardium
- chylopericardium
- hyperpericardium
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