pericarditis
nounUK /ˌper.ɪ.kɑːˈdaɪ.tɪs/
US /ˌper.ɪ.kɑːrˈdaɪ.t̬ɪs/
A sickness that makes the thin bag around your heart swell up and hurt.
The doctor said his chest pain was caused by pericarditis.
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2. Inflammation of the pericardium that may follow a viral infection.
Viral pericarditis often improves with rest and medicine.
3. Chest pain caused by rubbing of the inflamed heart sac.
The sharp pain of pericarditis gets worse when lying flat.
4. A condition doctors listen for as a rubbing sound through a stethoscope.
The nurse heard a pericarditis rub during the exam.