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HOUSTON'S VALVES

\hjˈuːstənz vˈalvz], \hjˈuːstənz vˈalvz], \h_j_ˈuː_s_t_ə_n_z v_ˈa_l_v_z]\

Definitions of HOUSTON'S VALVES

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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folds of mucous membrane in rectum.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

In the rectum, oblique folds of the mucous membrane, situated one at about the level of the prostate gland, another a little higher, and a third still higher.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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