MITRAL VALVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mitral valve mean? 

• MITRAL VALVE (noun)
  The noun MITRAL VALVE has 1 sense:

1. valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle

  Familiarity information: MITRAL VALVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MITRAL VALVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bicuspid valve; left atrioventricular valve; mitral valve

Hypernyms ("mitral valve" is a kind of...):

atrioventricular valve (either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium)

 Context examples 

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when one of your heart's valves doesn't work properly.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and mitral valve.

(Chordae Tendineae, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed for the purpose of repairing stenosis or regurgitation of the mitral valve.

(Mitral Valve Repair, NCI Thesaurus)

Invasive procedure through a puncture in the skin, performed for the purpose of reducing regurgitation of the mitral valve.

(Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A fairly common and often benign valvular heart disorder characterized by redundancy or hooding of mitral valve leaflets so that they prolapse into the left atrium, often causing mitral regurgitation.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NCI Thesaurus)

Prolapse of the mitral valve, often with regurgitation, associated with myxomatous proliferation of the leaflets of the mitral valve.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, Food and Drug Administration)

Dysfunction of the mitral valve characterized by incomplete valve closure.

(Mitral Valve Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A heart disorder characterized by a defect in mitral valve structure or function.

(Mitral Valve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a defect in mitral valve function or structure.

(Mitral Valve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A congenital heart defect characterized by the complete atresia of the mitral valve.

(Mitral Valve Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)