Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wade-dahl-till valve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: wade--dahl-til-l -valve
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

Wade-Dahl-Till valves (plural)

Synonyms

Wade-Dahl-Till shunt WDT

Questions

What does wade-dahl-till valve mean?: 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.
Where does wade-dahl-till valve come from?: 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.

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