PULMONARY VALVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulmonary valve mean? 

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

1. a semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULMONARY VALVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

Dysfunction of the pulmonary valve characterized by incomplete valve closure that is present at birth.

(Congenital Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Stenosis of the conus arteriosus (infundibulum) with or without involvement of the pulmonary valve.

(Congenital Infundibular Stenosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)