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pericardial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
peri-car-dial
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to the pericardium.

adj

Surrounding or next to the heart.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English cardial English pericardial From peri- + cardial.

Inflected Forms

pericardiac (alternative) pericardian (alternative) pericardic (alternative)

Derived Forms

epipericardial hepatopericardial intrapericardial myopericardial pericardially pleuropericardial postpericardial prepericardial renopericardial sternopericardial subpericardial visceropericardial

Phrases

pericardial cell pericardial fluid pericardial septum pericardial sinus pericardial tap

Synonyms

pericardiac

Questions

What does pericardial mean?
Of, or relating to the pericardium.
Where does pericardial come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English cardial English pericardial From peri- + cardial.

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