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- noun A
valvotomy : an incision to relievestenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
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- noun incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
Etymologies
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valvule + -otomy
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R.C. Brock, Pulmonary valvulotomy for the relief of congenital pulmonary stenosis, Brit.
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