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VALVULOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does valvulotomy mean?
• VALVULOTOMY (noun)
The noun VALVULOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
Familiarity information: VALVULOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
valvotomy; valvulotomy
Hypernyms ("valvulotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
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