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VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ventricular septal defect" is a kind of...):
septal defect (a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart)
Holonyms ("ventricular septal defect" is a part of...):
Fallot's syndrome; Fallot's tetralogy; tetralogy of Fallot (a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle)
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