cor pulmonale


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cor pulmonale /ˌkɔː pʌlməˈnɑːli, -ˈeɪli/
noun Medicine abnormal enlargement of the right side of the heart as a result of disease of the lungs or the pulmonary blood vessels.
– origin C19: from L. cor ‘heart’ and mod. L. pulmonalis (from L. pulmo(n-) ‘lung’).
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