vegetation
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- noun
- /ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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vegetación valvular
- Moreover, all nine rabbits that were injected with S. viridans without previous vagal stimulation remained free of vegetations and endocarditis.
- mitral valve vegetation
Examples
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A transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe aortic insufficiency with aortic valve vegetations.
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The surgeon found an 8mm x 10mm vegetation, so he excised the mitral valve and replaced it with a bioprosthetic (porcine) valve.
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Despicable pile of steaming vegetation.
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure: TEE showing vegetation on the mitral valve leaflet
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This was confirmed by a transesophageal echocardiogram, which also showed vegetations on the mitral valve.
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The surgeon found a large vegetation on the heart valve that needed to be removed.
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A recent echocardiogram revealed multiple vegetations on the patient's heart valves.
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Doctors diagnosed the patient with vegetation on his heart, indicating a possible infection.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A patch of land with a particular group of plants different from nearby areas
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
vegetation = vegetate (opaque) = veget + ation
The medical sense 'abnormal growth on heart valves' is a specialized extension of 'growth' and is unlikely to be derived by an average learner from the common meaning.
Etymology
Vegetation is also used in medicine because some abnormal tissue growths look a little like small plants, and the name comes from Latin vegetare 'to make lively'. So a medical 'vegetation' is a plant-like growth found on tissue or a heart valve.