VALVULOTOMY


Meaning of VALVULOTOMY in English

ˌvalvyəˈläd.əmē noun

( -es )

Etymology: valvul- + -tomy

: the operation of enlarging a narrowed heart valve by cutting through the mitral commissures to relieve the symptoms of mitral stenosis — compare commissurotomy

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