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ENDOCARDIUM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: endocardia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("endocardium" is a kind of...):
serosa; serous membrane (a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid)