Term: ventricular septal defect: a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: knocker: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: wild madder: Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: inevitable: an unavoidable event
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: vertical: something that is oriented vertically
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: salian frank: a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: fohn: a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: paralysis agitans: a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: twang: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: psychotropic agent: a chemical substance that can influence human consciousness
Broader: septal defect: a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart | Unrelated: united methodist church: union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church