10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever)
originEtymology tree English valvule Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English valvulitis From valvule + -itis.
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