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English
Etymology
Latin, literally "bovine heart".
Noun
cor bovinum (uncountable)
- Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart due to volume overload.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cor bovīnum (literally “bovine heart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr boˈvi.num/
- Hyphenation: còr‧bo‧vì‧num
Noun
cor bovinum m (uncountable)
- (medicine) cor bovinum (massive heart hypertrophy)
Further reading
- cor bovinum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana