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chain latches

chain latches is the plural of chain latch.

Meaning of chain latch

Noun

chain latch (plural chain latches)

  1. A door chain.
    • [Mitral stenosis] is apparently due to the sudden tension on the edges of the mitral valve when, with ventricular diastole, it starts to open widely but cannot. It may well be compared to the opening of a door protected by a chain latch;1917, Austin Flint and Henry C. Thacher, A Manual of Physical Diagnosis, 7th edition, page 332

Questions about chain latches

What is chain latches the plural of?
Chain latches is the plural of chain latch.

Words near chain latches in the dictionary

  1. chain gun
  2. chain guns
  3. chain hobble
  4. chain hobbles
  5. chain latch
  6. chain latches
  7. chain letter
  8. chain letters
  9. chain lightning
  10. chain locker
  11. chain lockers

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