Usually means: Forced exhalation against closed airway.
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  1. Valsalva maneuver, Valsalva maneuver: Merriam-Webster
  2. Valsalva maneuver: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Valsalva maneuver: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Valsalva maneuver: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. Valsalva maneuver: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Valsalva maneuver: Dictionary.com
  7. Valsalva Maneuver, Valsalva maneuver: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Valsalva maneuver: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Valsalva maneuver: Wiktionary

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  1. Valsalva maneuver: Legal dictionary

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Valsalva maneuver: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Maneuver, Valsalva, Valsalva maneuver: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  6. Valsalva maneuver: Medical dictionary
  7. Maneuver, Valsalva, Valsalva maneuver: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Valsalva maneuver)

noun:  Alternative spelling of Valsalva manoeuvre [(medicine) A self-administered procedure comprising an attempted exhalation against a closed airway, usually performed by closing one's mouth and pinching one's nose shut while attempting, with moderate force, to expel air.]

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