Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-I-CARD'I-UM
PER-I-CARD'I-UM, n. [Gr. περι, around, and καρδια, the heart.]
A membrane that incloses the heart. It contains a liquor which prevents the surface of the heart from becoming dry by its continual motion. – Quincy.
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