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n. [ Gr. me`ros a part + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pericardial fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid of a pale yellow color contained in the pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pericardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pericardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pericardium, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the pericardium. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. perika`rdion, fr. perika`rdios about or near the heart; peri` about + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The inner layer is closely adherent to the outer surface of the heart, and is called the cardiac pericardium. The outer layer loosely incloses the heart and the adherent inner layer, and is called the parietal pericardium. At the base of the heart the two layers are continuous, and form a narrow closed cavity filled with fluid, in which the pulsations of the heart cause little friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. perika`rpion; peri` around + karpo`s fruit: cf. F. péricarpe. ] (Bot.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + carboxyl + allyl + -ic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]