Bileaflet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bileaflet is an adjective meaning (medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.
Meaning
(medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.
More Meanings
- (medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.
Example Sentences
preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse
Word Forms
- bileaflets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bifoliate, multileaf, bifoliolate, bivalvular, bipennate, multijugate.
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