SYN: valve. [L. one leaf of a double door]
- v. aortae [TA] SYN: aortic valve.
- v. atrioventricularis dextra [TA] SYN: tricuspid valve.
- v. atrioventricularis sinistra [TA] SYN: mitral valve.
- v. ileocecalis [TA] SYN: ileal papilla.
- v. mitralis mitral valve.
- v. tricuspidalis tricuspid valve.
- v. trunci pulmonalis [TA] SYN: pulmonary valve.
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val·va (valґvə) pl. valґvae [sing. of L. valvae folding doors] [TA] valve: a membranous fold in a canal or passage that prevents reflux of the contents passing through it.
Valves of the heart.
Medical dictionary. 2011.