COR PULMONALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cor pulmonale mean? 

• COR PULMONALE (noun)
  The noun COR PULMONALE has 1 sense:

1. enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels

  Familiarity information: COR PULMONALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COR PULMONALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cor pulmonale" is a kind of...):

hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)

 Context examples 

Cor pulmonale most often manifests as right ventricular hypertrophy; it can also lead to right ventricular failure.

(Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease, NCI Thesaurus)