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mitral

adj
/ˈmaɪtɹəl/

Etymology

From mitre + -al.

  1. derived from μίτρα
  2. derived from mitre
  3. inherited from mytre
  4. suffixed as mitral — “mitre + al”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a mitre

    Pertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre.

    • The mitral valve was named for a fancied resemblance to a bishop's mitre.

  2. Pertaining to the mitral valve.

    • Treatments for mitral insufficiency include antihypertensives and valvular surgery; today the latter is often minimally invasive and even totally endoscopic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mitral. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA