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CARDIOMEGALY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiomegaly mean?
• CARDIOMEGALY (noun)
The noun CARDIOMEGALY has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal enlargement of the heart
Familiarity information: CARDIOMEGALY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal enlargement of the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cardiomegaly; enlarged heart; megacardia; megalocardia
Context example:
mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes
Hypernyms ("cardiomegaly" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Context examples
Clinical signs and symptoms include cyanosis that is present at birth, poor growth, dyspnea, tachypnea, arrhythmia, cardiomegaly, and heart failure.
(Persistent Truncus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)
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