VALVULITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valvulitis mean? 

• VALVULITIS (noun)
  The noun VALVULITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever)

  Familiarity information: VALVULITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALVULITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("valvulitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)