The hearts of large and giant - breed dogs more frequently fail from a disorder known as dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM, which involves abnormal enlargement of the heart. (petwave.com)
Treating the mice with antibodies against CD4 + T - cells four weeks after experimental heart attacks — to deplete that subset of T - cells — prevented the progressive abnormal enlargement of the left ventricle that leads to heart failure, as compared with untreated mice. (sciencedaily.com)
The term «goiter» simply refers to the abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. (parsleyhealth.com)