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hypertrophous

hypertrophous adjective: hypertrophic.

Adjective

hypertrophous (comparative more hypertrophous, superlative most hypertrophous)

  1. (dated) Hypertrophic.
    • 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

Forms of hypertrophous

comparativemore hypertrophous
superlativemost hypertrophous

Origin of hypertrophous

From hypertroph(y) + -ous.

Questions about hypertrophous

What does hypertrophous mean?
Hypertrophous means hypertrophic.
What part of speech is hypertrophous?
Hypertrophous is an adjective.

Words near hypertrophous in the dictionary

  1. hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
  2. hypertrophical
  3. hypertrophically
  4. hypertrophied
  5. hypertrophies
  6. hypertrophous
  7. hypertrophy
  8. hypertrophying
  9. hypertropia
  10. hypertropias
  11. hypertropic

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