Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small valve.

    a small valve

Origin

From Latin valvula, from valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminu

From Latin valvula, from valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvule.

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Forms

plural: valvulae
Singularvalvula
Pluralvalvulae

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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