leaflet
(lēf′lĕt)
The part of a valve designed to open in the direction of flow and close to prevent backflow. Its base is typically attached to a larger structure by a fixed stalk; its unattached end moves.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Leaflet." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753376/all/leaflet.
Leaflet. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753376/all/leaflet. Accessed March 11, 2025.
Leaflet. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753376/all/leaflet
Leaflet [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 March 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753376/all/leaflet.
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