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Heart Valve

Definitions: Heart Valve

Heart Valve

Noun

1. A valve to control one-way flow of blood.

2. An implant that replaces a natural heart valve.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Heart Valve

Synonym: cardiac valve (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Heart Valve

English words defined with "heart valve": aortic valvecuspleafletmitral valve prolapseopen-heart surgerypulmonary valveregurgitationsemilunar valvetricuspid valve. (references)
Specialty definitions using "heart valve": aortic insufficiency, AV nodeBioprosthesisdiagnostic cardiac sonographeECHOCARDIOGRAPH TECHNICIANHeart Murmurs, Heart Valve Prolapse, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation, Hypoplastic Left Heart SyndromeMagnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Heart Valve

DomainTitle

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Heart Valve

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Also curable are forms caused by anatomical problems, such as a heart valve defect. (references)

Some heart valve problems can be managed with drugs such as beta-blockers, which may help decrease stress on the aorta. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Heart Valve

Expressions using "heart valve": Heart Valve Prolapse Heart Valve Prosthesis Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heart Valve

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

heart valve

219

heart valve replacement

93

leaky heart valve

60

heart valve surgery

43

leaking heart valve

41

heart valve disease

28

heart valve replacement surgery

20

heart valve problem

18

heart valve repair

15

heart valve leakage

11

artificial heart valve

10

heart valve leak

10

mechanical heart valve

10

st jude heart valve

9

mitral heart valve

9

infection of heart valve

7

heart valve disorder

5

heart valve damage

4

heart valve symptom

4

heart valve regurgitation

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Heart Valve

Language Translations for "heart valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏صمام القلب. (various references)

   

Danish

  

hjerteklap, valva, klap (adjustable shield, canopy, cover, door, flap, hoe shield, leaf, lift-up drawer front, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

valvula (valvule), klep (actuator, brake, door, flap, lift-up drawer front, peak, shutter, throttle, tube, valve, vane). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valvula, sydänläpän taskuläpän liuska. (various references)

   

French

  

valvule, valve du c"ur. (various references)

   

German

  

Herzklappe. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαλβίδα (air blow-out, door, Pressure ventil, throttle, vacuum tube, valve). (various references)

   

Italian

  

valvola (air blow-out, clack, clack valve, clapper, fuse, gate, safeguard, tube, vacuum tube, valve, valvule, vane). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cooylley-chree. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earthay alvevay

   

Spanish

  

válvula (pallet, shutoff, tube, vacuum tube, valve, vent). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Heart Valve

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

valvula. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Heart Valve

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-l-r-t-v-v"

-2 letters: valerate.

-3 letters: haltere, haverel, hetaera, leather, trehala, valvate.

-4 letters: aerate, aether, althea, elater, halter, hartal, healer, heater, heaver, hereat, larvae, lather, laveer, leaver, reheat, relate, reveal, thaler, thrave, travel, valvar, varlet, vealer, velate, velvet, vervet.

-5 letters: alate, alert, altar, alter, areae, areal, arete, arhat, artal, artel, arval, avert, earth, eater, elate, elver, ether, evert, haler, halva, halve, hater, haver, heart, heave, helve, lahar, laree, larva, later, lathe, laver, leave, lethe, lever, ratal, ratel, rathe, ravel, reata, reave, relet, revel, revet, talar, taler, telae, there, three, trave, valet, valve, varve, velar, verve.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Heart Valve


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 61 72 74      56 61 6C 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01100001 01110010 01110100 00100000 01010110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#32 &#86 &#97 &#108 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0061 0072 0074      0056 0061 006C 0076 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427167848625667788871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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