English

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Etymology

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Latin, literally "bovine heart".

Noun

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cor bovinum (uncountable)

  1. Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart due to volume overload.

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin cor bovīnum (literally bovine heart).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr boˈvi.num/
  • Hyphenation: còr‧bo‧vì‧num

Noun

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cor bovinum m (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) cor bovinum (massive heart hypertrophy)

Further reading

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  • cor bovinum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana