Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Houston's valve Pronunciation:
'h(y)ü-st&nz- Function:
noun : any of the usually three but sometimes four or two permanent transversesemilunar folds of the rectum called also
plica transversalis recti Houston, John (1802–1845), British surgeon. Houston described the permanent transverse folds ofthe rectum in 1830. In that same year he reported his discovery of two muscles that compress the dorsal vein of the penis. He was also the author of papers on edema and fevers.
