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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
  • adjective (Med.) the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks.

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