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noun
A change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hypertrophy
History
Borrowed from New Latin cor pulmōnāle (literally “pulmonary heart”).
Across languages
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