valvule

From Latin valvula (“valve, little valve”) either directly or via French valvule, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvula.

valvule (plural valvules or valvulae) (anatomy, botany)

1. A small valve.
2. A structure similar to a small valve.

The uncommon plural valvulae is borrowed irregularly directly from the Latin doublet valvula.

• valvula

• valvuloplasty

valvule f (plural valvules)

1. (anatomy) valvule

• “valvule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.