mediastinopericarditis

mediastinopericarditis

 [me″de-as″tĭ-no-per″ĭ-kar-di´tis] inflammation of the mediastinum and pericardium.

me·di·as·tin·o·per·i·car·di·tis

(me'dē-as'tin-ō-per'i-kar-dī'tis), Inflammation of the pericardium and of the surrounding mediastinal cellular tissue.

mediastinopericarditis

The combination of pericarditis and inflammation of the adjacent mediastinum. In the primary literature, these conditions are listed separately (pericarditis and mediastinitis), rather than as a combined entity.

me·di·as·tin·o·per·i·car·di·tis

(mē'dē-ă-stī'nō-per'i-kar-dī'tis) Inflammation of the pericardium and of the surrounding mediastinal cellular tissue.