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valvular Definition

val·vu·lar (val′vyə lər)

adjective

  1. having the form or function of a valve
  2. having a valve or valves
  3. of a valve or valves; esp., of the valves of the heart

valvular Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • disease: All patients with evidence of heart failure without valvular disease will be encouraged to commence ACE inhibitors.
  • lesion: Patients with cardiac disease, especially significant shunts or stenotic valvular lesions, are vulnerable to these changes.
  • incompetence: On examination of the distribution of the varicose veins might suggest the site of valvular incompetence.
  • defect: His Treatise on the diseases of the heart is said to include some of the finest clinical descriptions of valvular defects ever written.