PRECORDIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does precordial mean? 

• PRECORDIAL (adjective)
  The adjective PRECORDIAL has 1 sense:

1. in front of the heart; involving the precordium

  Familiarity information: PRECORDIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRECORDIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In front of the heart; involving the precordium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

precordium (the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach)

Derivation:

precordium (the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach)

 Context examples 

An electrocardiographic finding of a QRS amplitude less than or equal to 0.5 mV in the limb leads or QRS amplitude less than or equal to 1 mV in the precordial leads.

(Low QRS Voltage by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A unipolar precordial lead placed at the second intercostal space to the left of the sternum.

(Lead Site rV2, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding where the amplitude of the R wave does not become greater than the amplitude of the S wave until an unusually late point in the precordial leads, usually in leads V4 to V6.

(Late R Wave Transition by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding where the amplitude of the R wave becomes greater than the amplitude of the S wave in the QRS complex at an unusually early point in the precordial leads, usually in leads V1 or V2.

(Early R Wave Transition by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)