Pericardium Definitions

Useful Words

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Pericarditis : غلاف قلب کی سوزش , Pleura : پھیپھڑے کی جھلی , Gingiva : مسوڑھا , Spinal : ریڑھ کی ہڈی سے متعلق , Bleb : چھالا , Dropsy : ورم , Angina : دل کا درد آکسیجن کی کمی سے , Mi : دل کے نسیجوں کا بیکار ہونا , Heart-Lung Machine : دل پھیپڑے کا کام کرنے والی مشین , Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy : زیادہ بڑھنے والے قلبی عضلے کی تکلیف , De Bakey : امریکی ماہر قلب , Cortex : چھال , Cardiac Massage : دل کی مالش , Defibrillator : کوئی عامل یا ایجنٹ مثلاً برقی صدمہ جو قلبی ریشہ بندی ختم کرتا ہے اور نارمل ردم شروع کرتا ہے , Margin : حاشیہ , Asystole : حرکت قلب بند ہوجانا , Beleaguering : گھیراو , Cardiac Murmur : دل کی غیر معمولی آواز , Pyrene : پھلوں کے اندر پائی جانے والی گٹھلی , Interlayer : درمیانی تہ , Mineral Vein : چٹان کی پرت , Intracutaneous : درون جلدی , Two-Ply : دو تہوں والا , Plyboard : پرت دار لکڑی , Hierarchal : درجہ بندی , Actinic Keratosis : جلد کا دھوپ سے جل جانا , Quilting : لحاف بنانے کا کام , Aerology : علم کرہ ہوائی , Macadam : سڑک بنانے والا مسالا , Baste : کچی سلائی , Comfort : لحاف

Useful Words Definitions

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Pericarditis: inflammation of the pericardium.

Pleura: the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.

Gingiva: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.

Spinal: anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord.

Bleb: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.

Dropsy: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

Angina: a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart.

Mi: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

Heart-Lung Machine: a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability.

De Bakey: United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908).

Cortex: the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus.

Cardiac Massage: an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest.

Defibrillator: an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation.

Margin: the blank space that surrounds the text on a page.

Asystole: absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death.

Beleaguering: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.

Cardiac Murmur: an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves.

Pyrene: the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it.

Interlayer: a layer placed between other layers.

Mineral Vein: a layer of ore between layers of rock.

Intracutaneous: relating to areas between the layers of the skin.

Two-Ply: having a thickness made up of two layers or strands.

Plyboard: a laminate made of thin layers of wood.

Hierarchal: classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.

Actinic Keratosis: an overgrowth of skin layers resulting from extended exposure to the sun.

Quilting: stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design.

Aerology: meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers.

Macadam: a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.

Baste: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together.

Comfort: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.