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Definition: Left Ventricle |
Left VentricleNoun1. The chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Left Ventricle |
| English words defined with "left ventricle": aorta, aortic valve, ascending aorta ♦ bicuspid valve, blood pressure ♦ foramen of Monro ♦ interventricular foramen ♦ left atrioventricular valve ♦ mitral valve, mitral valve prolapse, Monro's foramen ♦ posterior vein of the left ventricle, pulmonary trunk ♦ section, systolic pressure ♦ truncus pulmonalis ♦ ventricular aneurysm, ventricular septal defect. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "left ventricle": aortic insufficiency, Aortic Valve Insufficiency ♦ Catheterization, Swan-Ganz, Counterpulsation ♦ Endomyocardial Fibrosis ♦ Heart Bypass, Left, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular ♦ lesser circulation ♦ Mitral Valve Insufficiency ♦ Transposition of Great Vessels, Tricuspid Atresia ♦ Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Ventricular Function, Left, Ventricular Remodeling, Ventriculography, First-Pass. (references) |
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 | Left ventricle has been cut open to display characteristic severe thickening of mitral valve, thickened chordae tendineae, and hypertrophied left ventricular myocardium. Autopsy.Credit: CDC. |  | Opened left ventricle of heart shows a thickened, dilated left ventricle with subendocardial fibrosis manifested as increased whiteness of endocardium. Autopsy.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | The left ventricle is the main pumping chamber in the heart. (references) | |
The second sound is the diastolic pressure and is the lowest pressure in the artery when the left ventricle is relaxing. (references) | ||
This is the maximum pressure produced as the left ventricle of the heart contracts and the blood begins to flow through the artery. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "left ventricle": posterior vein of the left ventricle. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
left ventricle | 16 |
hypertrophy left ventricle | 8 |
enlarged left ventricle | 7 |
dilated left ventricle | 3 |
hypoplastic left ventricle | 2 |
dysfunction left ventricle | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "left ventricle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | dobbelt udloeb fra venstre ventrikel (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle), dobbelt udloeb fra hoejre ventrikel (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | double origine ventriculaire gauche des artères aorte et pulmonaire (double outlet left ventricle), double origine ventriculaire droite des artères aorte et pulmonaire (double outlet left ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Double outlet (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 左心室 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さし"しつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eftlay entriclevay dupla origem ventricular esquerda das artérias aorta e pulmonar (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle), dupla origem ventricular direita das artérias aorta e pulmonar (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle). (various references) transposición de los grandes vasos en ventrículo izquierdo (double outlet left ventricle, double outlet right ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-i-l-l-n-r-t-t-v" | |
-3 letters: reflective. | |
-4 letters: clientele, intellect, intercell, retentive, ventricle. | |
-5 letters: cleveite, crenelle, elective, electret, enfetter, erectile, erective, fleecier, frenetic, infecter, lenticel, nettlier, reinfect, reticent, reveille, tercelet, vernicle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 66 74 56 65 6E 74 72 69 63 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100110 01110100 00100000 01010110 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e f t   V e n t r i c l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0066 0074 0056 0065 006E 0074 0072 0069 0063 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467172862567180868475697871 |
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