mitral
Americanadjective
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of or resembling a miter.
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Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the mitral valve of the heart.
adjective
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of or like a mitre
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anatomy of or relating to the mitral valve
Etymology
Origin of mitral
Example Sentences
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Additionally, surgical sales increased 6.5% and sales of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies jumped 47%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The strongest signal appeared in people whose mitral valves had already begun to degenerate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Certain medications can ease the symptoms and prevent complications, but they do not treat the mitral valve," says Ferrari, scientific director of the Cardiothoracic Research Program at Columbia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Big-words alert: Edwards Lifesciences is expanding beyond its monopoly in TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, into fast-growing TMTT, or transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
A history of severe infection in the past is frequent, especially smallpox, and accompanying aortic sclerosis with insufficiency of the mitral valve or stenosis of this valve is the rule.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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