| valley fever |
a fungal disease acquired by inhaling dust particles containing spores of Coccidioides immitis. The disease affects the upper respiratory tract and lungs, and may sometimes disseminate.
Ãâó: www.sfaf.org/treatment/beta/b39/b39glos.html
|
|---|---|
| valve |
There are four valves in the heart: the tricuspid and the mitral valve, which lie between the atria and ventricles and the pulmonic and aortic valves which lie between the ventricles and the blood vessels leaving the heart. The heart valves help to maintain one-way blood flow through the heart.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/v...
|
| valvotomy |
Balloon valvotomy is when a balloon is used to at the time of cardiac catheterization to increase the area of a narrowed valve.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/v...
|
| valvuloplasty |
A procedure to improve valve function.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/v...
|
| validity |
validity represents the relevance of an assessment methodology. Although the concept is normally encountered in the context of psychometric tests it can be applied to evaluate any assessment methodology. There are a number of quite different facets to the notion of validity, ranging from the acceptability of a process to individuals (face validity) through to the ability of the method to predict outcomes (criterion validity).
Ãâó: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199253978/studen...
|