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noun
Inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor
History
Etymology tree English valvule Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English valvulitis From valvule + -itis.
