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valvulotomy
noun
(val-vu-lot-o-my)
surgical incision of a valve; specifically : the operation of enlarging a narrowed heart valve by cutting through the mitral commissures with a knife or by a finger thrust to relieve the symptoms of mitral stenosis
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