hypertrophous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hypertroph(y) + -ous.
Adjective
[edit]hypertrophous (comparative more hypertrophous, superlative most hypertrophous)
- (dated, medicine) Hypertrophic.
- 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:
- The left ventricle is dilated, its parietes hypertrophous, and seven or eight lines in thickness towards the base.