hypertrophous

English

Etymology

From hypertroph(y) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

hypertrophous (comparative more hypertrophous, superlative most hypertrophous)

  1. (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.
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