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A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, cardiology, medicine, sciences
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a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: serous membrane, serosa
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَأْمُور
(taʔmūr)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Aramaic:
ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ
(taḥpīṯā ḏə-lebbā)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Armenian:
սրտակրանք
(srtakrankʻ)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Catalan:
pericardi
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Chinese Mandarin:
心包
(xīnbāo)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Czech:
osrdečník
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Czech:
osrdečnice
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Czech:
perikard
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Dutch:
pericardium
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Dutch:
hartzakje
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Finnish:
sydänpussi
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Finnish:
perikardium
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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French:
péricarde
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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German:
Herzbeutel
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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German:
Perikard
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Greek:
περικάρδιο
(perikárdio)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Icelandic:
gollurshús
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Indonesian:
perikardium
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Italian:
pericardio
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Japanese:
心嚢
(shinnō)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Korean:
심낭
(simnang)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Korean:
심막
(simmak)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Lithuanian:
širdiplėvė
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Persian:
پیراشامه
(pirâšâme)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Persian:
آبشامه
(âb-šâme)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Persian:
پریکارد
(perikârd)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Polish:
osierdzie
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Romanian:
pericard
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Russian:
перикард
(perikard)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Russian:
околосе́рдие
(okolosérdije)
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Spanish:
pericardio
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Swedish:
perikardium
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Swedish:
hjärtsäck
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Tagalog:
bambampuso
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Turkish:
perikard
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
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Welsh:
pilen y galon
— serous membrane that surrounds the heart
