(ăn′ū-lō-plăs′tē)
[Pronunciation]
1. Surgical repair of a ring-shaped structure (e.g., a heart valve, an intervertebral disk).
2. An annuloplastic device used to repair a ring-shaped structure.
annuloplastic, adj.
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