Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perivalvular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: perivalvu-lar
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around a valve.

Example Sentences

"They also found that these patients are more likely to have a worse prognosis such as developing heart failure, valvular destruction, and/or perivalvular/myocardial abscess [ 5 ]."

Etymology

From peri- + valvular.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Questions

What does perivalvular mean?: Around a valve.
Where does perivalvular come from?: From peri- + valvular.

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