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bileaflet

bileaflet adjective: affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.

Adjective

bileaflet (not comparable)

  1. Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.
    • preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse

Noun

bileaflet (plural bileaflets)

  1. (attributive, sometimes) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.

Forms of bileaflet

pluralbileaflets

Origin of bileaflet

From bi- + leaflet.

Questions about bileaflet

What does bileaflet mean?
Bileaflet means affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.
What part of speech is bileaflet?
Bileaflet can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bileaflet in the dictionary

  1. bile pigments
  2. bile salt
  3. bile salts
  4. bile soap
  5. bile soaps
  6. bileaflet
  7. bileaflets
  8. Bilecik
  9. bilectal
  10. bilectals
  11. bilection

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