| aMVL | anterior mitral valve leaflet |
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| ASV | anodic stripping voltammetry; antisiphon valve; antisnake venom; avian sarcoma virus |
| AUV | anterior urethral valve |
| BPV | benign paroxysmal vertigo; benign positional vertigo; bioprosthetic valve; bovine papilloma virus |
| B-S | Bjork-Shiley [valve] |
| frenulum of ileocaecal valve | A fold, more evident in cadavers, running from the junction of the two commissures of the ileocaecal valve on either side along the inner wall of the caecocolic junction. Synonym: frenulum valvae ileocaecalis, frenulum of Morgagni, Morgagni's frenum, Morgagni's retinaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lunula of semilunar valve | The free border of a semilunar valve at each side of the nodulus valvulae semilunaris. Synonym: lunula valvulae semilunaris. (05 Mar 2000) |