Meanings
nounvalvulotomy (plural valvulotomies)
plural valvulotomies
- A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
A few days after Bailey's success, on June 16, in Boston, Dr. Dwight Harken successfully performed his first valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.
2008, Jeffrey A. Norton et al., Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, page 1472
Synonyms & antonyms
nounincision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
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