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Noun: mitral valve
  1. Valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle
    "A prolapsed mitral valve can cause a heart murmur";
    - bicuspid valve, left atrioventricular valve

Derived forms: mitral valves

Type of: atrioventricular valve

Encyclopedia: Mitral valve