Definition of "pericarditis" [pericarditis]

• Inflammation of the pericardium. (noun)

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• "Doug Davis was diagnosed with pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the lining around the heart."
• "In spring 1997, he nearly died of a heart infection called pericarditis, but he bounced back to produce Time out of Mind later that year, his best-received work in years, which ushered in the current remarkable renaissance."
• "Then they were worried that it might have given me "pericarditis" the same thing but with the membrane surrounding my heart."