- shaggy pericardium
- bread-and-butter p.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
shaggy pericardium
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bread-and-butter pericarditis — fibrinous pericarditis in which the fibrinous exudate forms a thick shaggy coat over the pericardium, with adhesions between the layers … Medical dictionary
