ven·tri·cose 
(vĕntrĭ-kōs′) also ven·tri·cous (-kəs)
(vĕntrĭ-kōs′) also ven·tri·cous (-kəs)adj.
Inflated, swollen, or distended, especially on one side: the ventricose gullet of an insect.
[New Latin ventricōsus, from Latin venter, ventr-, belly.]
ven′tri·cosi·ty (-kŏsĭ-tē) n.