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COR PULMONALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cor pulmonale" is a kind of...):
hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)