Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or resembling a miter: Pertaining to or having the shape of a ceremonial headdress worn by bishops and certain other Christian clergy.
   • Anatomical: Of, relating to, or located in or near the mitral valve of the heart. The mitral valve is the bicuspid valve between the left atrium and left ventricle.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Ceremonial):
  • The bishop's cap had a distinctly mitral shape.
• Adjective (Anatomical):
  • Mitral regurgitation is a condition where the mitral valve does not close properly.
  • The patient was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse.

Advanced Usage

• "Mitral insufficiency": Also called mitral regurgitation; a disorder where the mitral valve does not close tightly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium.
  • Chronic mitral insufficiency can lead to heart enlargement.
• "Mitral area": A specific area on the chest wall where sounds from the mitral valve are best heard with a stethoscope.
  • The doctor listened carefully over the mitral area.

Variants and Related Words

• Mitral Valve (noun phrase): The specific heart valve referred to by the adjective "mitral."
  • Surgery was required to repair the damaged mitral valve.
• Bicuspid Valve (noun phrase): An alternative name for the mitral valve, referring to its two leaflets.
  • The mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve.

Synonyms

• Bicuspid (adjective, in anatomical context): Having two cusps or points, like the mitral valve.
• Valvular (adjective): Pertaining to a valve, especially a heart valve. (More general than "mitral").

Related Phrases

• Mitral valve disease: A broad term for conditions affecting the mitral valve.
  • Rheumatic fever is a common cause of mitral valve disease.
• Mitral stenosis: A narrowing of the mitral valve opening.
  • Mitral stenosis restricts blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.

Adjective

1. relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics
2. of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve
   • mitral insufficiency