CARDIAC VALVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac valve mean? 

• CARDIAC VALVE (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC VALVE has 1 sense:

1. a valve to control one-way flow of blood

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC VALVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC VALVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A valve to control one-way flow of blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cardiac valve; heart valve

Hypernyms ("cardiac valve" is a kind of...):

valve (a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it)

Meronyms (parts of "cardiac valve"):

cusp; leaflet (a thin triangular flap of a heart valve)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiac valve"):

atrioventricular valve (either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium)

semilunar valve (a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart)

Holonyms ("cardiac valve" is a part of...):

heart; pump; ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

 Context examples 

The cardiac valve orifice is abnormally narrow, to a moderate degree.

(Moderate Cardiac Valve Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The cardiac valve orifice is not abnormally narrow.

(No Cardiac Valve Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The cardiac valve orifice is abnormally narrow, to a mild degree.

(Mild Cardiac Valve Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Surgical replacement and/or repair of a cardiac valve, by any approach.

(Cardiac Valve Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed for the purpose of reducing regurgitation of the cardiac valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.

(Cardiac Tricuspid Valve Repair, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Most frequent are defects in septation and the cardiac valves, and few single gene etiologies are known.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)