paracardiac

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English

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Etymology

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From para- +‎ cardiac.

Adjective

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paracardiac (not comparable)

  1. Near the heart
    • 2015 August 21, Yookyung Kim et al., “CT Characteristics of Pleural Plaques Related to Occupational or Environmental Asbestos Exposure from South Korean Asbestos Mines”, in Korean Journal of Radiology[1], volume 16, →DOI:
      ( 10 ) also reported that all paracardiac pleural plaques were observed on the left.