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MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)
Synonyms:
mitral stenosis; mitral valve stenosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mitral valve stenosis" is a kind of...):
stenosis; stricture (abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway)
valvular heart disease (heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation)
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