mitral valve prolapse

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   cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart

   Broadervalvular heart disease

Questions about mitral valve prolapse

What does mitral valve prolapse mean?

mitral valve prolapse means "cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart".

Is mitral valve prolapse a common word?

mitral valve prolapse 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.