cor pul·mo·na·le (kôr p lm -nä l , -n l, p l-)n. Acute strain or hypertrophy of the right ventricle caused by a disorder of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels. [New Latin cor pulm  n le : Latin cor, heart + New Latin pulmnle, neuter of pulmnlis, of the lungs.] |
cor pulmonale [kɔː pʌlməˈnɑːlɪ]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
[New Latin]
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| Noun | 1. | cor pulmonale - enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels hypertrophy - abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ |
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