What's the difference between univalve and univalvular?

Univalve


Definition:

  • (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
  • (a.) Alt. of Univalved

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An vibrating electromagnetically driven univalved artificial heart was newly developed in our team.
  • (2) A univalved artificial heart (AH) powered electromagnetically in the frequency range of 1-30 Hz was developed to obtain a totally implantable AH.

Univalvular


Definition:

  • (a.) Same as Univalve, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Libman-Sacks-type endocardial lesions, present in 18 (50 per cent) of our patients, were smaller, fewer in number, univalvular rather than multivalvular, and mainly left-sided.
  • (2) The plurivalvular patients have a higher frequency of recurrences than the univalvular patients.
  • (3) No patient died in the case of univalvular vegetations.
  • (4) Specimens from the right auricular appendage were obtained during open-heart surgery from patients suffering from 1. ischaemic heart disease (IHD), 2. atrial septal defect of the secundum type (ASD), and 3. left-sided univalvular or multivalvular heart disease (VHD) with or without congestive heart failure (CHF) experienced prior to surgery.

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