different between epicardium vs myocardium

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin epi- (“over”) + Ancient Greek ?????? (kardía, “heart”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

Noun

epicardium (plural epicardia)

1. (anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.

Translations

References

• “epicardium”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “epicardium”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??? (mûs, “muscle”) + ?????? (kardí?, “heart”).

Noun

myocardium (plural myocardiums or myocardia)

1. (anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

Synonyms

• (muscular substance of the heart): cardiac muscle, heart muscle

Hypernyms

• (muscular substance of the heart): muscle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• myocardium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• myocardium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cardiac muscle in Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /my.o?kar.di.um/, [my??kärd?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.o?kar.di.um/, [mi??k?rd?ium]

Noun

myocardium n (genitive myocardi? or myocard?); second declension

1. myocardium
2. muscular substance of the heart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).