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PRECORDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precordium mean?
• PRECORDIUM (noun)
The noun PRECORDIUM has 1 sense:
1. the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach
Familiarity information: PRECORDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("precordium" is a kind of...):
external organ (an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body)
Derivation:
precordial (in front of the heart; involving the precordium)
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