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US /ˈvælvjʊlə(ɹ)/
Freq #144467

Meanings

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

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Thesaurus

valvalvalvar
Derived forms avalvularbivalvularcardiovalvularequivalvularextravalvularintervalvularintravalvularmultivalvularnonvalvularparavalvularperivalvularpostvalvular

Common collocations

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

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