valvular
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin valvularis (“valvular”), from valvula (“valvule, small valve”) + Latin āris (“-ar: forming adjectives”).
Adjective edit
valvular (not comparable)
- (medicine, biology) Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 516:
- It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse.
- Like a valve.
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French valvulaire.
Adjective edit
valvular m or n (feminine singular valvulară, masculine plural valvulari, feminine and neuter plural valvulare)
Declension edit
Declension of valvular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | valvular | valvulară | valvulari | valvulare | ||
definite | valvularul | valvulara | valvularii | valvularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | valvular | valvulare | valvulari | valvulare | ||
definite | valvularului | valvularei | valvularilor | valvularelor |
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
valvular m or f (masculine and feminine plural valvulares)
Further reading edit
- “valvular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014