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foil(6) (iou) and valvular regurgitation (medicine)


foil(6) (iou)



foil verb1. ME.
[Perh. from Anglo-Norman var. of Old & mod. French fouler full cloth, trample, ult. from Latin fullo FULLER noun1. The development in branch II is paralleled in DEFOIL, DEFOUL.]
I. In sense of French fouler: cf. FULL verb1.
verb trans. Trample, tread down. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
R. Knolles King Richard..caused the ensignes of Leopold..to be puld downe, and foiled under foot.
verb trans. & intrans. Hunting. Cross (ground, a scent or track), or, formerly, Travel down a stream, in such a way as to obliterate the scent. LME.
II. Infl. by FOUL adjective, verb.
verb trans. Foul, pollute. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
N. Udall A man hath no honour to foile his handes on a woman.
verb trans. Violate the chastity of (a woman). LME-L16.
III. (Cf. earlier FOIL noun2.)
verb trans. Defeat or repulse (an opponent); beat off (an attack). Formerly also (in wrestling), inflict a foil or incomplete fall on. M16.
Pope Not fiercer woes thy fortitude could foil.
b. verb intrans. Suffer defeat or discomfiture. L16-M17.
c. verb trans. Outdo, surpass. L17.
verb trans. Render ineffectual, frustrate, (a plan, attempt, etc.); frustrate the efforts or designs of (a person etc.). M16.
A. Hopkins With enchanting waywardness he..foils expectations. P. L. Fermor Nets over the..currant bushes foiled starlings but not us.

valvular regurgitation (medicine)


valvular regurgitation


A leaky state of one or more of the cardiac valves, the valve not closing tightly and blood therefore regurgitating through it.

Synonym: valvular incompetence, valvular insufficiency.