See Also: Valsalva(dictionary)
valsalva(medicine)
valsalva's manoeuvre(medicine)
teniae of Valsalva(medicine)
sinus of valsalva(medicine)
Valsalva's antrum(medicine)
Valsalva test(medicine)
Valsalva manoeuvre(medicine)
Valsalva, Antonio(medicine)
Valsalva's sinus(medicine)

Valsalva (iou)



Valsalva noun. L19.
[Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723), Italian anatomist.]
Medicine.
More fully Valsalva manoeuvre, Valsalva experiment, Valsalva's manoeuvre, Valsalva's experiment. An attempt made to exhale air while the nostrils and mouth, or the glottis, are closed, so as to increase pressure in the middle ear and the chest. L19.
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate various anatomical structures, esp. in the ear. L19.
Valsalvan adjective L19.