mitral

[ mahy-truhl ]

adjective
  1. of or resembling a miter.

  2. Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the mitral valve of the heart.

Origin of mitral

1
First recorded in 1600–10; mit(e)r + -al1

Words Nearby mitral

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How to use mitral in a sentence

  • A physician was troubled to remember on which side of the heart are the “mitral valves.”

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  • How much more vivid to many persons in this example is a Correlation, thus: “mitral valves … mitred Abbots… none left … left.”

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  • Mme. Baudoyer, born mitral, was the sister of the bailiff of that name.

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  • The death of the patient suffering from mitral disease is likely to be lingering.

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  • The tricuspid and mitral valves were thickened, and exhibiting minute granulations on their surface.

British Dictionary definitions for mitral

mitral

/ (ˈmaɪtrəl) /


adjective
  1. of or like a mitre

  2. anatomy of or relating to the mitral valve

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