Wade-Dahl-Till valve

noun

A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.

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Wade-Dahl-Till shuntWDT
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Meanings

nounWade-Dahl-Till valve (plural Wade-Dahl-Till valves)

plural Wade-Dahl-Till valves

  1. A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.

    Synonyms: Wade-Dahl-Till shunt, WDT

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.

Similar
Wade-Dahl-Till shuntWDT
Also see
wade-dahl-till shunt

Origin

Developed in 1960-62 by hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, author Roald Dahl, and neurosurgeon Kenneth Till, after Roald Dahl's son Theo was severely injured.

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Wade-Dahl-Till valve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wade-Dahl-Till%20valve

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“Wade-Dahl-Till valve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wade-Dahl-Till%20valve. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wade-Dahl-Till valve,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wade-Dahl-Till%20valve.

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