valvular

/ˈvælvjʊlə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

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adj

Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.

adj

Like a valve.

"It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse."

From New Latin valvulāris, from valvula + -āris. By surface analysis, valvula + -ar.

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

avalvular bivalvular cardiovalvular equivalvular extravalvular intervalvular intravalvular multivalvular nonvalvular paravalvular perivalvular polyvalvular

valvular endocarditis valvular insufficiency

valval valvar

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How do you pronounce valvular?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvælvjʊlə(ɹ)/.

What does valvular mean?

Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.

Where does valvular come from?

From New Latin valvulāris, from valvula + -āris. By surface analysis, valvula + -ar.

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