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mitral

Adjective

mi=tral

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mitral(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve; "mitral insufficiency"

mitral(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics; Array

mitral, a. [Cf. F. mitral. See Miter.].

Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart. [1913 Webster]

mitral, adj. of or like a mitre.

Idiom

mitral valve a two-cusped valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart.

Etymology

mod.L mitralis f. L mitra girdle

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