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‖ polysarcia|pɒlɪˈsɑːsɪə|
[late L. (Cæl. Aurel., 6th c.), a. Gr. πολυσαρκία fleshiness, f. πολύσαρκος very fleshy, f. πολυ- poly- + σάρξ, σαρκ- flesh.]
1. Path. Excessive growth of flesh (or, loosely, of fat); corpulence, obesity.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Polysarcia, Corpulency. 1706Phillips, Polysarcia, bigness, or grossness of Body. 1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 84 A disease, which has been not very correctly called polysarcia. 1875R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) I. 64 Both sexes, even when running to polysarcia, have delicate limbs and extremities.
2. Bot. (See quot.)
1866Treas. Bot. 916 Polysarcia, an excess of sap, giving rise to unnatural growth, &c.
So polysarcous |-ˈsɑːkəs| a., affected with polysarcia, corpulent.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex. |