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- noun Plural form of
valvule .
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Examples
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The ventricles, the atriums, the aortic valvulae — all of it looked the same.
Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001
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He points out the physiological advantage of the _valvulae conniventes_ to man, and the advantage for teleology of the fact that they cannot have been formed by "action and pressure."
Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880
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Gluma bivalvis biflora, nervosa, acuta, mutica; valvulae subaequales septemnerviae; exterioris nervis tribus axin occupantibus sed distinctis reliquis per paria a marginibus et axilibus subaequidistantibus; interioris nervis aequidistantibus, externis margine approximatis.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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_Item_, concerning the _valvulae tricuspidales_, through which the blood falls into the heart.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 Wilhelm Meinhold 1824
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The truth of this surmise has been confirmed by Mr. M'Leay, who has had an opportunity of examining this species in all the stages of its growth. umbilica - M. testa obovata, antiquata, rugosa, margine posteriore tus. alterius valvulae involuto.
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