pericarditis
English
Etymology
From pericardium + -itis.
Noun
pericarditis (countable and uncountable, plural pericarditides or pericardites)
- (cardiology, pathology) Inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart.
- Hypernym: myocarditis
- Coordinate term: endocarditis
Translations
inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart
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Spanish
Etymology
From pericardio + -itis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾikaɾˈditis/ [pe.ɾi.kaɾˈð̞i.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: pe‧ri‧car‧di‧tis
Further reading
- “pericarditis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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