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What is the adjective for valved?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb valve which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

valvular
  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.
  2. Like a valve.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “If valvular disease occurs, it is most likely in the mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary valve, in that order.”
      “Echocardiograms did not reveal left heart dysfunction or valvular disease in any patient.”
      “Causes of chronic mitral regurgitation include infective endocarditis, degenerative valvular disease and rheumatic fever.”
valvelike
  1. Resembling a valve or some aspect of one.
valvate
  1. Having valves (that open and close)
  2. Examples:
    1. “The perianth is commonly uniseriate, consisting of 3-5 valvate, basally connate sepals, but sometimes an equal number of petals are also present.”
      “Terminal buds bear imbricate, scaly buds except in the bitternut hickory which has valvate or foliate buds.”
      “Sepals 4, or rarely more, colored, the valvate margins turned inward in the bud.”
valviform
  1. Shaped like a valve.
valveless
  1. Having no valves.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Norrington's line-up is mainly modern, with some period wind instruments and valveless brass.”
      “Being a valveless instrument, the Alphorn produces only those pitches that occur in the natural overtone or harmonic series.”
      “It is equipped with a patented four-stroke valveless engine and automatic transmission.”
valved
  1. Having valves.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Stage cementing can be accomplished by employing such valved cementers at successive stages within the borehole.”
      “Valved horns were permitted, in the light of Wagner's own equivocation about them, joining those valved horn hybrids known as Wagner tubas.”
      “In some parts of Europe, bass ophicleides and valved tubas were indiscriminately called bombardons.”
valving
  1. present participle of valve
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