praecordia
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See also: præcordia
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).
Noun
[edit]praecordia
- (anatomy) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “praecordia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]praecordia n pl (genitive praecordiōrum); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | praecordia |
Genitive | praecordiōrum |
Dative | praecordiīs |
Accusative | praecordia |
Ablative | praecordiīs |
Vocative | praecordia |
References
[edit]- “praecordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praecordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praecordia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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