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Definition of Mitral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve. "Mitral insufficiency"

2. Adjective. Relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics.

Definition of Mitral

1. a. Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.

Definition of Mitral

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mitral

1. pertaining to a valve of the heart [adj]

Medical Definition of Mitral

1. Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart. Origin: Cf. F. Mitral. See Miter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitral

mitotic period mitotic rate mitotic recombination mitotic segregation mitotic shake off method mitotic spindle mitotic spindle apparatus mitotically mitotis mitoxantrone

mitoxantrone hydrochloride mitragynine mitraillade mitraillades mitrailleur mitral (current term) mitral area mitral cells mitral commissurotomy mitral facies

mitral gradient mitral incompetence mitral insufficiency mitral murmur mitral orifice mitral prolapse mitral regurgitation mitral tap mitral valve

Literary usage of Mitral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"These cases were definitely mitral stenosis and not aortic insufficiency, ... Of the 36 cases, 24 were pure mitral stenosis, ie, with no insufficiency, ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"As a rule, in cases of extreme mitral insufficiency from valvular lesion with ... A murmur of mitral insufficiency may vary a great deal according to the ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint, William Henry Welch (1886)
"If the murmur be heard only around the apex and over the body of the heart, it not afford proof of régurgitation ; it may be a mitral systolic, non- _'itant ..."

4. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"Stenosis of the mitral Orifice (mitral Stenosis). mitral stenosis often develops in chronic endocarditis of the mitral valve, as a sequel to a previous ..."

5. Physical diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"Great muscular fatigue, such as is produced by a hard boat race, may result in a temporary relaxation of the mitral sphincter or of the papillary muscles ..."

6. The Lancet (1898)
"In mitral stenosis the strain to effect thie equilibrium of the two circulations falle apon the right ventricle, which, .assisted by the left auricle, ..."

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