mitral

English

Etymology

mitre +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪtɹəl/

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Adjective

mitral (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre.

   The mitral valve was named for a fancied resemblance to a bishop's mitre.

2. (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

• French: mitral (fr)
• German: mitral (de)
• Hungarian: mitrális
• Italian: mitrale (it)
• Romanian: mitral (ro)
• Spanish: mitral (es)

Anagrams

• ramtil

French

Adjective

mitral (feminine mitrale, masculine plural mitraux, feminine plural mitrales)

1. mitral

Further reading

• “mitral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitral.

Adjective

mitral m or n (feminine singular mitrală, masculine plural mitrali, feminine and neuter plural mitrale)

1. 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

From mitra +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈtɾal/ [miˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mi‧tral

Adjective

mitral m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitrales)

1. 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