what does aortic valve mean?
AORTIC VALVE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta
- prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart
Hypernyms(s) aortic valve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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