Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of fatty degeneration in which, on post-mortem examination, the substance of the heart shows alternate streaks of yellow (fat) and red color (normal muscular tissue).
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"tiger-heart," as Pierre himself had called her, might one day have been the mother of a child, his child.
Riders of the Silences John Frederick
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