Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inner layer of the pericardium that is in actual contact with the surface of the heart.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the cardiac or visceral layer of the pericardium, lying directly upon the heart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The layer of
tissue between thepericardium and theheart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Inside the epicardium is the myocardium, the middle layer of the heart wall, composed of cardiac muscle.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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Inside the epicardium is the myocardium, the middle layer of the heart wall, composed of cardiac muscle.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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OED 2nd edition: epicanthus epicardium epicarp but no epicaricacy.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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The entire heart is wrapped in a membrane known as the epicardium.
Ancient Resilience 2006
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Inside this sac is the epicardium, a membrane that forms the outermost layer of the wall of the heart.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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Inside this sac is the epicardium, a membrane that forms the outermost layer of the wall of the heart.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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It is covered by the visceral layer of the serous pericardium (epicardium), and lined by the endocardium.
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The visceral portion, or epicardium, covers the heart and the great vessels, and from the latter is continuous with the parietal layer which lines the fibrous pericardium.
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The heart has a rich subserous plexus beneath the epicardium.
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Coagulation System with VisiTrax® is based on the unique integration of suction, perfusion, and RF energy to ensure the creation of visible, non-conductive, continuous, bi-atrial lesions on the epicardium of a beating heart.
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