Epicardium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epicardium \Ep`i*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon +
     kardi`a heart.] (Anat.)
     That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of
     the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epicardium
       n : the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium [syn: {visceral
           pericardium}]
       [also: {epicardia} (pl)]