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adjectivehypertrophous (comparative more hypertrophous, superlative most hypertrophous)
comparative more hypertrophous · superlative most hypertrophous
- datedmedicineHypertrophic.
The left ventricle is dilated, its parietes hypertrophous, and seven or eight lines in thickness towards the base.
1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 180
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