corpulmonale

cor pul·mo·na·le (kôr' po͝ol'mə-näʹlē, -nălʹē, pŭl'-) 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 pulmōnāle: Latin cor, heart + New Latin pulmōnāle, neuter of pulmōnālis, of the lungs.]

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