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mes⋅o⋅car⋅di⋅um

  [mez-uh-kahr-dee-uhm, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
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–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] . Embryology.
the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
Origin:
meso- + -cardium
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Main Entry: me·so·car·dia
Pronunciation: -'kärd-E-&
Function: noun
: abnormal location of the heart in the central part of thethorax

Main Entry: me·so·car·di·um
Pronunciation: -'kärd-E-&m
Function: noun
1 : the transitory mesentery of theembryonic heart
2 : either of two tubular prolongations of the epicardium that enclose the aorta and pulmonary trunk and the venae cavae and pulmonary veins
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mesocardia mes·o·car·di·a (měz'ə-kär'dē-ə, měs'-)
n.
An atypical central position of the heart in the chest, as in the embryo.

mesocardium mes·o·car·di·um (měz'ə-kär'dē-əm, měs'-)
n. pl. mes·o·car·di·a (-dē-ə)
Either of the two layers of the embryonic mesentery supporting the embryonic heart in the pericardial cavity.

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