Definition of Praecordia. Meaning of Praecordia. Synonyms of Praecordia

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Definition of Praecordia

Praecordia
Praecordia Pr[ae]*cor"di*a, n. [L., fr. prae before + cor, cordis, the heart.] (Anat.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Meaning of Praecordia from wikipedia

- a French cardiologist, who called it "précordialgie" (from the latin "praecordia" meaning "before the heart"), or "Syndrôme de Huchard" ("Huchard syndrome")...
- "omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico / tangit et admissus cir**** praecordia ludit." Quoted by N. Rudd from John Dryden's Discourse Concerning the...
- At his death, his body was buried in St. Peter's Basilica, while his praecordia were buried in the Chapel of the Madonna of Clemency in the Pantheon....
- bas-relief of the Adoration of the Magi by Pius XII in 1949 (below); original praecordia monument in the Valence Cathedral sculpted by M****imiliano Laboureur and...
- Saint Peter's Basilica in 1807 after the death of Henry, his heart and praecordia were left here in a small urn, placed under the floor below the funerary...
- His body was buried in his titular church, S. Croce in Gerusalemme; his praecordia were buried in S. Andrea delle Frate. Moroni, p. 244. Nuovo Dizionario...