PERICARDIUM

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 35

(GT,!ri^t, about; x»iha,, the heart.) The membranous sac which surrounds the heart. PERICAKPIUM. {Gr.a-iqi, and xcc^ros, fruit.) Every part of a ripe fruit on the outer side of the placenta. [s. 925]