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.