ingravescent

British  

/ ˌɪnɡrəˈvɛsənt /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• ingravescence noun

Etymology

Origin of ingravescent

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

Example Sentences

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