semilunar valve

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English

Three semilunar shaped leaflets of the aortic valve in the heart.

Noun

semilunar valve (plural semilunar valves)

  1. (anatomy) Either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles.

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