pericardi-

combining form

variants or pericardio- or pericardo-

1

: pericardium

pericardiectomy

pericardiosymphysis

pericardotomy

2

: pericardial and

pericardiophrenic

pericardiopleural

Word History

Etymology

New Latin pericardium

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