valvular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or operating by means of valves

   The word valvular appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

2. 2
   adj

   Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.

   It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse.

3. 3
   adj

   Like a valve.

   The word valvular appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

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From New Latin valvulāris, from valvula + -āris. By surface analysis, valvula + -ar.

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