VENTRICOSE


Meaning of VENTRICOSE in English

adj.

Pronunciation: - ˌ k ō s

Function: adjective

Etymology: New Latin ventricosus, from Latin ventr-, venter + -icosus (as in varicosus varicose)

Date: 1756

: markedly swollen, distended, or inflated especially on one side < ventricose corollas>

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