pericardial cavity

1. 1.

   the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement

   Synonymspericardial space

   Broadercavity

Questions about pericardial cavity

What does pericardial cavity mean?

pericardial cavity means "the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement".

What is another word for pericardial cavity?

Close synonyms include pericardial space. 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 cavity a common word?

pericardial cavity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.