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Meaning: Small heart-shaped and attached at the pointed end, derives from the Latin prefix "ob," meaning "toward, to, on, over, or against," noun "cord," meaning "heart," and the diminutive suffix "ellum"
Pronunciation: ob-kord-EL-um

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