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Definition of epicardiac in English:

epicardiac

adjective

  • 1Anatomy Zoology Medicine
    Of or relating to the epicardium of the heart.

  • 2Zoology
    rare Designating an epicardium of an ascidian; of or relating to an epicardium; = "epicardial".

Origin

Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From epi- + cardiac.

Pronunciation

epicardiac

/ˌɛpɪˈkɑːdɪak/