epicardium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium
    visceral pericardium.

WordNet


Ep`i*car"di*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. upon + heart.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.

Webster 1913