valvar, a.
(ˈvælvə(r))
[f. valve n. + -ar.]
Of the nature of, pertaining to, a valve. In Med. = valvular a. 3.
| 1831 Macgillivray tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. 420 Their calyx is superior with four or five valvar divisions. 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex., Valvaris,..of or belonging to a valve: valvar. 1895 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 669 Dr. O. Müller proposes a new terminology for diatoms... The plane which passes through the apical and the transapical axes is the valvar plane. 1946 Nature 26 Oct. 588/1 Division took place along the longitudinal axis in what would have been the valvar plane. 1955 Guy's Hospital Rep. CIV. 372 Kirklin et al...have also drawn attention..to this association between valvar and infundibular stenosis. 1977 Amer. Heart Jrnl. XCIII. 461/1 Mitral regurgitation or other mitral valvar abnormality has been reported in four other cases. 1980 Plant Systematics & Evolution CXXXV. 266 (caption) Region of the intercalary bands seen parallel to the valvar plane. |