adjective
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of, relating to, operated by, or having a valve or valves
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having the shape or function of a valve
Other Word Forms
- intervalvular adjective
- multivalvular adjective
Etymology
Origin of valvular
1790–1800; < New Latin valvulāris, equivalent to valvul ( a ) valvule + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Patients who’d had previous heart failure, valvular defects, cancer or other causes of hypertension were disqualified.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
Of the screening group patients, 7.6% ultimately received a diagnosis of a cardiac or valvular disorder.
From Forbes • Jul. 22, 2013
If a valvular disorder is detected or suspected, a test called an echocardiogram, or simply an “echo,” may be ordered.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
"To diagnose syphilitic aortic valvular disease, there should be evidence of vasculitis – inflammation of blood vessels," said Goh.
From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2013
In such cases digitalis is useful, but its action is never so striking as in cases of this general character due to uncompensated valvular disease.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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