valvular incompetence

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• valvular incompetence — noun inability of a bodily valve to close completely • Hypernyms: ↑incompetence …   Useful english dictionary

• valvular incompetence — see under insufficiency …   Medical dictionary

• valvular insufficiency — Pathol. abnormal closure of a heart valve resulting in failure to prevent regurgitation of blood. Also called valvular incompetence. * * * …   Universalium

• valvular insufficiency — Pathol. abnormal closure of a heart valve resulting in failure to prevent regurgitation of blood. Also called valvular incompetence …   Useful english dictionary

• incompetence — noun 1. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑incompetency • Ant: ↑competence • Derivationally related forms: ↑incompetent (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• primary valvular incompetence — venous insufficiency …   Medical dictionary

• incompetence, incompetency — 1. The quality of being incompetent or incapable of performing the allotted function, especially failure of cardiac or venous valves to close completely. 2. In forensic psychiatry, the inability to distinguish right from wrong or to manage one s… …   Medical dictionary

• Regurgitation — A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetent and does not close effectively. * * * 1. A backward flow, as of blood through an… …   Medical dictionary

• venous insufficiency — inadequacy of the venous valves and impairment of venous return from the lower limbs (venous stasis), usually characterized by edema, warmth, and erythema, particularly of the lower third of the extremity; chronic insufficiency leads to stasis… …   Medical dictionary

• Foramen — A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale. * * * An aperture or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. SYN: trema (1). [L. an… …   Medical dictionary

• Palpitation — SignSymptom infobox Name = Palpitation Caption = DiseasesDB = 29231 ICD10 = ICD10|R|00|2|r|00 ICD9 = ICD9|785.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 003081 eMedicineSubj = aaem eMedicineTopic = 337 MeshID = A palpitation (medical term: ectopic heart beat) …   Wikipedia