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AURICULOVENTRICULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auriculoventricular mean?
• AURICULOVENTRICULAR (adjective)
The adjective AURICULOVENTRICULAR has 1 sense:
1. relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart
Familiarity information: AURICULOVENTRICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AURICULOVENTRICULAR (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
atrioventricular; auriculoventricular
Context example:
atrioventricular disease
Pertainym:
auricle (a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart)
ventricle (a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries)
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