- Starr-Edwards valve
- a type of caged-ball valve consisting of a Stellite retaining cage containing a Silastic ball and a Teflon and polypropylene cloth–covered sewing ring. See illustration.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Starr-Edwards valve
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Starr-Edwards valve — Starr Ed·wards valve (stahrґ edґwərdz) [Albert Starr, American surgeon, born 1926; Miles Lowell Edwards, American electrical engineer, 1898–1982] see under valve … Medical dictionary
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valve — [ valv ] n. f. • 1752; « battant de porte » 1560; sens du lat. valva I ♦ 1 ♦ Chacune des deux parties de la coquille (dite bivalve) de certains mollusques et crustacés. « La valve rainurée d une coquille de Saint Jacques » (Proust). ♢ (1771) Bot … Encyclopédie Universelle
valvé — valve [ valv ] n. f. • 1752; « battant de porte » 1560; sens du lat. valva I ♦ 1 ♦ Chacune des deux parties de la coquille (dite bivalve) de certains mollusques et crustacés. « La valve rainurée d une coquille de Saint Jacques » (Proust). ♢… … Encyclopédie Universelle
valve — 1. A fold of the lining membrane of a canal or other hollow organ serving to retard or prevent a reflux of fluid. 2. Any formation or reduplication of tissue, or flaplike structure … Medical dictionary
Edwards — James Hilton, English physician and medical geneticist, *1928. See E. syndrome. M.L., U.S. physician, *1906. See Carpentier E. valve, Starr E. valve … Medical dictionary
Starr — Albert, U.S. physician, *1926. See S. Edwards valve … Medical dictionary
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