coapt

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The MitraClip is used to grasp and coapt the leaflets of the mitral valve.

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  1. Same as coaptate. The side margin of the elytron is expanded so as to coapt itself with the prothorax to form an oval outline. Le Conte.

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  • The MitraClip is used to grasp and coapt the leaflets of the mitral valve. —  Medgadget
 

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  1. from Late Latin coaptare, from Latin co-, together, + aptare, fit: see co- and apt, v., and cf. coaptate.
 

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