noun
pericarditis
Medical term for inflammation of the pericardium. Compare 心膜炎 (epicarditis).
See also: 心膜炎
心外膜炎は心臓の外側を覆う膜の炎症です。
Pericarditis is inflammation of the membrane covering the outside of the heart.
心膜炎 (epicarditis) refers to inflammation of the epicardium, the inner layer of the pericardium, while 心外膜炎 (pericarditis) is inflammation of the pericardium as a whole.
Compound of 心外膜 (pericardium) + 炎 (inflammation).