bileaflet

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ leaflet.

Adjective

bileaflet (not comparable)

1. (medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.

   preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse

Noun

bileaflet (plural bileaflets)

1. (medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.

References

• The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, Page 895

Anagrams

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