pericardial

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Per·i·car·di·al , a.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.

Pericardial fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid of a pale yellow color contained in the pericardium.

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(pĕr'ĭ-kär'dē-ăk') or per·i·car·di·al (-əl)
adj.

1. Surrounding or adjacent to the heart.
2. Of or relating to the pericardium.

Pertaining to the pericardium.

• p. diaphragmatic hernia — see peritoneopericardial hernia.
• p. effusion — the second stage of pericarditis when much inflammatory exudate accumulates, part of a general edematous state or in cases of neoplasia involving the epicardium or pericardium. Characterized by enlargement of the cardiac silhouette on radiography and outline on percussion, muffling of heart sounds and congestive heart failure due to compression of the heart by cardiac tamponade.
• p. fibrosis — a chronic change in pericarditis, leading to constriction that limits diastolic ventricular volume. See also constrictive pericarditis.
• p. friction rub — see pericardial rub.
• p. inflammation — see pericarditis.
• p. knock — an early diastolic sound caused by loss of pericardial elasticity accompanying fibrosis that limits ventricular filling.
• p. meridian points — acupuncture points located along the pericardial meridian.
• p. paracentesis — see pericardicentesis.
• p. tamponade — see cardiac tamponade.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium
  Synonym: pericardiac
  Pertains to noun: pericardium (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hjertesæk-

Français (French)
adj. - péricardique, du péricarde

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Herzbeutel-, das Herz umgebend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περικάρδιος

Italiano (Italian)
pericardico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pericárdico (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
перикардический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pericardíaco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hjärtsäcks-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
心囊的, 心包的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 心囊的, 心包的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 심막[심낭]의, 심장 주위의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 心膜の, 心臓周囲の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של קרום הלב (כיס הלב)‬

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