Hypertrophous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hypertrophic. dated

    "The left ventricle is dilated, its parietes hypertrophous, and seven or eight lines in thickness towards the base."

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"The left ventricle is dilated, its parietes hypertrophous, and seven or eight lines in thickness towards the base."

Etymology

From hypertroph(y) + -ous.

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