cor bovinum

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin, literally "bovine heart".

Noun[edit]

cor bovinum (uncountable)

  1. Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart due to volume overload.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cor bovīnum (literally bovine heart).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr boˈvi.num/
  • Hyphenation: còr‧bo‧vì‧num

Noun[edit]

cor bovinum m (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) cor bovinum (massive heart hypertrophy)

Further reading[edit]

  • cor bovinum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana