ingravescent

/ ˌɪnɡrəˈvɛsənt /

adjective

1. rare.
   (esp of a disease) becoming more severe

Derived Forms

• ˌingraˈvescence, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingravescent¹

C19: from Latin ingravescere to become heavier, from gravescere to grow heavy, from gravis heavy

Example Sentences

About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.

From Project Gutenberg

The attack, however, may be less sudden and, not infrequently, attended by a convulsion; while occasionally, in the condition termed ingravescent apoplexy, the coma is gradual in its onset, occupying hours in its development.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the sudden shock to the delicate mechanism that produces the unconsciousness; but seeing that the coma is usually deeper and more prolonged in cerebral haemorrhage than when occasioned by vascular occlusion, and that an ingravescent apoplexy coma gradually develops and deepens as the amount of haemorrhage increases, we may presume that increase of intracranial pressure does play an important part in the degree and intensity of the coma caused by the rupture of a vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.

From Project Gutenberg

About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.

From Project Gutenberg