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Wade-Dahl-Till valve

Wade-Dahl-Till valve noun: a kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.

wade-dahl-till valve: a kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube,...
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Noun

Wade-Dahl-Till valve (plural Wade-Dahl-Till valves)

  1. A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.

Synonyms of Wade-Dahl-Till valve

Forms of Wade-Dahl-Till valve

pluralWade-Dahl-Till valves

Origin of Wade-Dahl-Till valve

Developed in 1960-62 by hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, author Roald Dahl, and neurosurgeon Kenneth Till, after Roald Dahl's son Theo was severely injured.

Questions about Wade-Dahl-Till valve

What does Wade-Dahl-Till valve mean?
Wade-Dahl-Till valve means a kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.
What part of speech is Wade-Dahl-Till valve?
Wade-Dahl-Till valve is a noun.
What is the plural of Wade-Dahl-Till valve?
The plural of Wade-Dahl-Till valve is Wade-Dahl-Till valves.

Words near Wade-Dahl-Till valve in the dictionary

  1. Wade Hampton
  2. wade in
  3. wade through
  4. Wade-Dahl-Till shunt
  5. Wade-Dahl-Till shunts
  6. Wade-Dahl-Till valve
  7. Wade-Dahl-Till valves
  8. Wade-Giles
  9. wadeable
  10. Wadebridge
  11. waded

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