VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ventricular septal defect" is a kind of...):

septal defect (a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart)

Holonyms ("ventricular septal defect" is a part of...):

Fallot's syndrome; Fallot's tetralogy; tetralogy of Fallot (a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle)

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