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chisel(medicine)
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valsalva(medicine)

Valsalva test (medicine) and chisel(1) (iou)


Valsalva test (medicine)


Valsalva test


The heart is monitored by ECG, pressure recording, or Other methods while the patient performs the Valsalva manoeuvre; the heart becomes smaller in normal persons but may dilate in the patient with impaired myocardial reserve; there is a characteristic complex sequence of cardiocirculatory events, departure from which indicates disease or malfunction.


chisel(1) (iou)



chisel noun1. LME.
[Old Northern French (mod. ciseau, in pl. scissors) from Proto-Romance, from Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium) var. of caes- stem of caedere to cut: see -EL2. Cf. SCISSORS.]
1. A cutting tool having a square bevelled end for shaping wood, stone, or metal. LME.
cold chisel, hot chisel: suitable for cutting cold, hot, metal. full chisel US colloq. at full speed. skew chisel: see SKEW adjective.
2. A similar surgical instrument for cutting bones. L17.
Comb.: chisel-toe a squared toe of a shoe.
chisel-like [-l-l-] adjective resembling (that of) a chisel M19.