mitral
English
Etymology
mitre + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪtɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
mitral (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre.
- The mitral valve was named for a fancied resemblance to a bishop's mitre.
- (anatomy, medicine) Pertaining to the mitral valve.
- Treatments for mitral insufficiency include antihypertensives and valvular surgery; today the latter is often minimally invasive and even totally endoscopic.
Derived terms
- aortomitral
- inframitral
- mitral cell
- mitral facies
- mitralic
- mitral prolapse
- mitral regurg
- mitral regurgitation
- mitral stenosis
- mitral valve
- perimitral
- submitral
- supramitral
- transmitral
Translations
pertaining to the mitral valve
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Anagrams
- ramtil
French
Adjective
mitral (feminine mitrale, masculine plural mitraux, feminine plural mitrales)
- mitral
Further reading
- “mitral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French mitral.
Adjective
mitral m or n (feminine singular mitrală, masculine plural mitrali, feminine and neuter plural mitrale)
- mitral
Declension
Declension of mitral
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | mitral | mitrală | mitrali | mitrale | ||
| definite | mitralul | mitrala | mitralii | mitralele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | mitral | mitrale | mitrali | mitrale | ||
| definite | mitralului | mitralei | mitralilor | mitralelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
mitra + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈtɾal/ [miˈt̪ɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mi‧tral
Adjective
mitral (plural mitrales)
- mitral (pertaining to the mitral valve)
Derived terms
- válvula mitral
Further reading
- “mitral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014