Medical Dictionary

full–blown

adj

Medical Definition of FULL-BLOWN

:  fully developed :  being in its most extreme or serious form :  possessing or exhibiting the characteristic symptoms <a full–blown cold> <full–blown hypertension> <a collection of symptoms that isn't quite full–blown AIDS—J. Silberner>

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