aortic valve

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   a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart

   Broadersemilunar valve

Questions about aortic valve

What does aortic valve mean?

aortic valve means "a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart".

Is aortic valve a common word?

aortic valve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.