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Definition: Mitral Valve |
Mitral ValveNoun1. Valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. (references) |
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Synonyms: Mitral ValveSynonyms: bicuspid valve (n), left atrioventricular valve (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mitral Valve |
| English words defined with "mitral valve": mitral, mitral stenosis, mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve stenosis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mitral valve": Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome ♦ Mitral Valve Insufficiency. (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. | Left atrium has been opened to show thickened mitral valve leaflets from above. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. | ||
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Health | A serious complication of chronic Q fever is endocarditis, generally involving the aortic heart valves, less commonly the mitral valve. (references) | |
Some valve diseases, like mitral valve stenosis or mitral annular calcification, can double the risk for stroke, independent of other risk factors. (references) | ||
This usually calls for removal of part of the thickened septum (the muscle wall separating the chambers) that is blocking the blood flow. Sometimes, surgery also must replace a heart valve--the mitral valve, which connects the left ventricle and the left atrium, the upper chamber that receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "mitral valve": Mitral Valve Insufficiency ♦ mitral valve prolapse ♦ Mitral Valve Stenosis. Additional references. | |
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Danish | mitralprolaps (mitral valve prolapse), mitralklaplidelse (mitral valve disorders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mitraliswaal (mitral valve disorders), mitralisinsufficiëntie (mitral valve disorders), mitrale prolaps (mitral valve prolapse), mitrale kleppenziekte (mitral valve disorders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | prolapsus valvae mitralis (mitral valve prolapse), hiippaläppävika (mitral valve disorders), hiippaläpän prolapsi (mitral valve prolapse), Barlowin oireyhtymä (mitral valve prolapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maladie mitrale (mitral valve disorders), prolapsus mitral (mitral valve prolapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | MPS (mitral valve prolapse), Mitralklappenprolapssyndrom (mitral valve prolapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νόσος της μιτροειδούς (mitral valve disorders), πρόπτωση της μιτροειδούς (mitral valve prolapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | valvulopatia mitralica (mitral valve disorders), prolasso mitralico (mitral valve prolapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itralmay alvevay митральный клапан сердца. (various references) prolapso mitral (mitral valve prolapse), enfermedad mitral (mitral valve disorders), enfermedad de la válvula mitral (mitral valve disorders). (various references) kâlp kapakçığı (cardiac valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | prolapsus valvae mitralis. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-l-m-r-t-v-v" | |
-3 letters: arillate, armillae, lavalier, material, trivalve, varietal. | |
-4 letters: amative, amirate, armilla, lateral, literal, maltier, marital, marlite, martial, reavail, revival, tallier, tramell, travail, vallate, valvate, variate, velaria, vitamer. | |
-5 letters: aerial, amrita, armlet, atrial, aviate, imaret, lamiae, lariat, larvae, larval, latria, mailer, malate, mallei, mallet, marvel, meatal, miller, millet, milter, mitral, ramate, ramtil, realia, remail, retail. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 74 72 61 6C      56 61 6C 76 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01110100 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i t r a l   V a l v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 0074 0072 0061 006C      0056 0061 006C 0076 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47758684677825667788871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, датский, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, голландский, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, финский, finlandés, finés, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, немецкий, alemán, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, греческий, грек, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italyanca, italyan |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, русский, ruso, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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