precordial

1. 1.

   in front of the heart; involving the precordium

Questions about precordial

What does precordial mean?

precordial means "in front of the heart; involving the precordium".

How many syllables are in precordial?

precordial has 4 syllables: pre-cor-di-al. The stress falls on "di".

Is precordial a common word?

precordial 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.