‖ 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.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Polysarcia, Corpulency. 1706 Phillips, Polysarcia, bigness, or grossness of Body. 1845 Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 84 A disease, which has been not very correctly called polysarcia. 1875 R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) I. 64 Both sexes, even when running to polysarcia, have delicate limbs and extremities. |
2. Bot. (See quot.)
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 916 Polysarcia, an excess of sap, giving rise to unnatural growth, &c. |
So polysarcous (-ˈsɑːkəs) a., affected with polysarcia, corpulent.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |