Usually means: Forceful exhalation against closed glottis.
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  1. Valsalva: Merriam-Webster
  2. Valsalva: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Valsalva: Wiktionary
  4. Valsalva: Dictionary.com
  5. Valsalva: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Valsalva: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Valsalva: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Valsalva: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. Valsalva: Medical dictionary
  6. Valsalva: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. valsalva: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Valsalva)

noun:  A surname from Italian.
noun:  Ellipsis of Valsalva device. [A device used in spacesuits and diving helmets to allow the wearer to equalize the pressure in their ears by performing the Valsalva maneuver inside the suit without using their hands to block their nose.]
noun:  Ellipsis of Valsalva maneuver.

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