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Valvular

adjective
1.
Relating to or operating by means of valves.



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valvular heart disease
valvular incompetence


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"Valvular" Quotes from Famous Books



... interfere with the exit of food through the esophageal opening. Still, vomiting is a symptom that is occasionally seen in the horse. It occurs when the stomach is very much distended with food or with gas. Distention stretches the mucous membrane and eradicates the valvular fold referred to, and also makes it possible for more pressure to be exerted upon the stomach through the contraction of the abdominal muscles. Since the distention to permit vomiting must be extreme, ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
... normal rate. Thereafter the drug must be discontinued. It is probably never right to give aconite in doses much larger than that named. There is one condition of the heart itself in which aconite is sometimes useful. Whilst absolutely contra-indicated in all cases of valvular disease, it is of value in cases of cardiac hypertrophy with over-action. But the practitioner must be assured that neither valvular lesion nor degeneration of the myocardium is ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Valvular" :   valve


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