pericardial

[per-i-kahr-dee-uhl]

per·i·car·di·al

[per-i-kahr-dee-uhl]
adjective
of or pertaining to the pericardium.
Also, per·i·car·di·ac.


Origin:
1645–55; pericardi(um) + -al1

post·per·i·car·di·al, adjective
sub·per·i·car·di·ac, adjective
sub·per·i·car·di·al, adjective
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Pericardial has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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World English Dictionary
pericardium (ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪəm)
 
n , pl -dia
the membranous sac enclosing the heart
 
[C16: via New Latin from Greek perikardion, from peri- + kardia heart]
 
peri'cardial
 
adj
 
peri'cardiac
 
adj

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