First Known Use: 1756
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ventricose
adjective ven·tri·cose \-ˌkōs\
Definition of VENTRICOSE
: markedly swollen, distended, or inflated especially on one side <ventricose corollas>
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Origin of VENTRICOSE
New Latin ventricosus, from Latin ventr-, venter + -icosus (as in varicosus varicose)
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