bileaflet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bileaflet (not comparable)
- (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)
- (medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.