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Meaning of papillary muscle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One of several muscles located in the ventricles of the heart and preventing the atrioventricular valves from prolapsing on systole.

Equivalents

Français muscle papillaire
Latina mūsculus papillāris

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

papillation papillectomy papilledema papilliform Papillion papillitis

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