athlete's heart

Definitions of athlete's heart
  1. noun
    enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance
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    type of:
    heart, pump, ticker
    the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
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