PERICARDIAL SAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pericardial sac mean? 

• PERICARDIAL SAC (noun)
  The noun PERICARDIAL SAC has 1 sense:

1. the membrane surrounding the heart

  Familiarity information: PERICARDIAL SAC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERICARDIAL SAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The membrane surrounding the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pericardial sac" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)

 Context examples 

Fluid collection within the pericardial sac, usually due to inflammation.

(Pericardial effusion, NCI Thesaurus)

An accumulation of blood within the pericardial sac.

(Hemopericardium, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a thickened and fibrotic pericardial sac; these fibrotic changes impede normal myocardial function by restricting myocardial muscle action.

(Constrictive Pericarditis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The part of the pericardial sac that surrounds the great vessels.

(Apex of the Pericardium, NCI Thesaurus)

A heart disorder in which the pericardial sac becomes thickened and fibrotic, tightening the myocardium and impeding the normal myocardial function.

(Constrictive Pericarditis, NCI Thesaurus)

The potential body space formed between the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardial sac.

(Pericardial Cavity, NCI Thesaurus)