EPICARDIUM (epicardia)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: epicardia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicardium mean? 

• EPICARDIUM (noun)
  The noun EPICARDIUM has 1 sense:

1. the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium

  Familiarity information: EPICARDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPICARDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The innermost of the two layers of the pericardium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

epicardium; visceral pericardium

Hypernyms ("epicardium" is a kind of...):

serosa; serous membrane (a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid)

Holonyms ("epicardium" is a part of...):

pericardium (a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart)

 Context examples 

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the epicardium of the heart.

(Epicardial Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The striated muscle tissue of the heart enveloped by the epicardium and the endocardium.

(Myocardium, NCI Thesaurus)

The left ventricular volume calculated as the difference between the epicardium delimited volume and the left ventricular chamber volume.

(Left Ventricular Mass, NCI Thesaurus)