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Noun: valvulotomy
  1. Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
    "A mitral valvulotomy was performed to treat the patient's mitral stenosis";
    - valvotomy

Derived forms: valvulotomies

Type of: incision, section, surgical incision

Encyclopedia: Valvulotomy