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Valsalva

Valsalva proper noun: a surname from Italian. Also the ellipsis of Valsalva device.

Proper noun

Valsalva (plural Valsalvas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Also used as

Valsalva is also the ellipsis of Valsalva device.

Valsalva is also the ellipsis of Valsalva maneuver.

Forms of Valsalva

Proper noun
pluralValsalvas
Noun
pluralValsalvas

Origin of Valsalva

From Italian Valsalva.

Words formed from Valsalva

Phrases with Valsalva

Questions about Valsalva

What does Valsalva mean?
Valsalva means a surname from Italian.
What part of speech is Valsalva?
Valsalva is a proper noun.

Words near Valsalva in the dictionary

  1. valravns
  2. valrubicin
  3. vals
  4. valsaceous
  5. Valsad
  6. Valsalva
  7. Valsalva device
  8. Valsalva devices
  9. Valsalva maneuver
  10. Valsalva maneuvers
  11. Valsalva manoeuvre

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