Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the pericardium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the pericardium.
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- noun cardiology, pathology
Inflammation of thepericardium , the membrane that surrounds the heart.
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- noun inflammation of the pericardium
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Examples
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Doug Davis was diagnosed with pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the lining around the heart.
JSOnline.com 2010
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In spring 1997, he nearly died of a heart infection called pericarditis, but he bounced back to produce Time out of Mind later that year, his best-received work in years, which ushered in the current remarkable renaissance.
Expecting Rain 2009
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Then they were worried that it might have given me "pericarditis" the same thing but with the membrane surrounding my heart.
The 3 P’s… 2008
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"Doug Davis was diagnosed with pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the lining around the heart.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Aruba (inset) said that, "Constrictive pericarditis, which is the current complication he is dealing with, occurs when a thickened fibrinous pericardium (The membrane covering
WN.com - Articles related to Influenza and H1N1 Bad for Your Heart 2010
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Aruba (inset) said that, "Constrictive pericarditis, which is the current complication he is dealing with, occurs when a thickened fibrinous pericardium (The membrane covering School junior Michael Ramirez Gants, who last month pegged a perfect score on the PSAT, acing the college aptitude test is not
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He was diagnosed with that condition, acute pericarditis, last fall after he complained of chest pain.
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The BBC reported in November that he had acute pericarditis, or inflammation of the lining around the heart.
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He went for medical treatment at a clinic in Jeddah for pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart.
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Yar'Adua went to a Saudi Arabian hospital on Nov. 24 to receive treatment for what officials described as a severe case of pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart that can cause a fatal complication.
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