bileaflet

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Etymology[edit]

bi- +‎ leaflet

Adjective[edit]

bileaflet (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.
    preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse

Noun[edit]

bileaflet (plural bileaflets)

  1. (medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.

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