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Definition: Aortic Valve |
Aortic ValveNoun1. A semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle. (references) |
Medicine | A valve composed of three semilunar cusps, situated at the beginning of the artery. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Aortic Valve |
| English words defined with "aortic valve": aortic stenosis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aortic valve": aortic insufficiency, Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular, Aortic Stenosis, Supravalvular, Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Aortic Valve Prolapse, Aortic Valve Stenosis ♦ Sinus of Valsalva. (references) |
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 | Aorta has been removed to show thickened, fused aortic valve leaflets and opened coronary arteries from above. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. |  | This photo of cardiovascular syphilis shows coronary artery stenosis, a feature of late syphilis. The ostia of both coronary arteries are markedly stenosed. Note the "tree-bark" effect in the intimal lining of the aorta just superior to the aortic valve. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | In children and young adults, exertion-related deaths are uncommon and are generally related to congenital heart defects (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Marfan's syndrome, severe aortic valve stenosis, prolonged QT syndromes, cardiac conduction abnormalities) or to acquired myocarditis. (references) | |
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Expressions using "aortic valve": Aortic Valve Insufficiency ♦ Aortic Valve Prolapse ♦ Aortic Valve Stenosis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aortic valve replacement | 58 |
aortic valve | 48 |
bicuspid aortic valve | 40 |
aortic valve stenosis | 15 |
aortic valve disease | 13 |
aortic valve surgery | 7 |
aortic valve replacement surgery | 7 |
aortic valve regurgitation | 6 |
aortic valve repair | 6 |
aortic valve prolapse | 3 |
aortic valve insufficiency | 3 |
aortic valve calcification | 2 |
anatomy aortic valve | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aortic valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | aortaklapperne, valvulae aortae. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | noduli van Arantius (Arantius nodule, nodules of aortic valve), corpora arantii (Arantius nodule, Bianchi nodules, nodules of aortic valve). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | valvules sigmoïdes de l'orifice aortique. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Valvulae semilunares aortae, Valvulae aortae, Valva aortae. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | valvola aortica. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aorticay alvevay nódulo de Arancio (Arantius nodule, nodules of aortic valve), cuerpo de Arancio (Arantius nodule, nodules of aortic valve). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Aortic Valve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aortic vavle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-o-r-t-v-v" | |
-2 letters: aleatoric, vectorial. | |
-3 letters: cavalero, cavalier, caveator, erotical, locative, loricate, tailrace, trivalve, varietal, vertical, vicarate, violater, vocative, vortical. | |
-4 letters: acerola, aloetic, article, avarice, aviator, calorie, caravel, cariole, caviare, caviler, clavate, clavier, coaeval, coalier, erotica, evictor, levator, locater, loricae, octaval, ovarial, overact, overlit, reavail, recital, revival, travail, valeric, valvate, variate, variola, variole, vatical, velaria, violate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6F 72 74 69 63 56 61 6C 76 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01010110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A o r t i c   V a l v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006F 0072 0074 0069 0063 0056 0061 006C 0076 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35818486756925667788871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, danese, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, alemán |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese, inglés |
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