Term: valvotomy: incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: natural history: the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: day laborer: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: morris dance: any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: animist: one who accepts the doctrine of animism
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: bunk: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: siphon: a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: good continuation: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: livingstone daisy: low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: jugular: a vital part that is vulnerable to attack
Broader: opening: becoming open or being made open | Unrelated: lady tulip: Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base