valvular

From New Latin valvularis (“valvular”), from valvula (“valvule, small valve”) + Latin āris (“-ar: forming adjectives”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælvjʊlə(ɹ)/

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valvular (not comparable)

1. (medicine, biology) Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 516:

     It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse.

2. Like a valve.

• valval, valvar

Borrowed from French valvulaire.

valvular m or n (feminine singular valvulară, masculine plural valvulari, feminine and neuter plural valvulare)

1. valvular

From válvula +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /balbuˈlaɾ/ [bal.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: val‧vu‧lar

valvular m or f (masculine and feminine plural valvulares)

1. (relational) valve; valvular

• “valvular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024