pericardial

1. 1.

   located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium

   “pericardial space”

   Synonymspericardiac

Questions about pericardial

What does pericardial mean?

pericardial means "located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium".

How many syllables are in pericardial?

pericardial has 5 syllables: pe-ri-car-di-al. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for pericardial?

Close synonyms include pericardiac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pericardial a common word?

pericardial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.