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valvulotomy

valvulotomy noun: a valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart.

Noun

valvulotomy (plural valvulotomies)

  1. A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
    • A few days after Bailey's success, on June 16, in Boston, Dr. Dwight Harken successfully performed his first valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.2008, Jeffrey A. Norton et al., Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, page 1472

Forms of valvulotomy

pluralvalvulotomies

Origin of valvulotomy

From valvulo- + -tomy.

Questions about valvulotomy

What does valvulotomy mean?
Valvulotomy means a valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart.
What part of speech is valvulotomy?
Valvulotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of valvulotomy?
The plural of valvulotomy is valvulotomies.

Words near valvulotomy in the dictionary

  1. valvuloplasty
  2. valvuloseptal
  3. valvulotome
  4. valvulotomes
  5. valvulotomies
  6. valvulotomy
  7. valvulæ
  8. Valya
  9. valyl
  10. valylene
  11. valylleucine

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