-cardium

1. a combining form occurring in compounds that denote tissue or organs associated with the heart, as specified by the initial element:

   myocardium; pericardium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -cardium¹

Probably generalized from pericardium

Example Sentences

The rock was a baked sandstone; in the pebbles of the creek I found the impressions of bivalves (one ribbed like Cardium).

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They chiefly consist of the cardium edule, which appear to abound in the kitchen-middens of the Pas-de-Calais.

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In Unio, Cardium, and Hyria, the foot is large and not byssiferous.

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To that era belong the deep beds of oyster shells and Cardium edule, which are still found at the bottom of the fjord.

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No mention is made of lateral teeth: was it then a veritable Cardium?

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