VALVOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valvotomy mean? 

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

1. incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALVOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

valvotomy; valvulotomy

Hypernyms ("valvotomy" 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))