VDH

English

Noun

VDH (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of valvular disease of the heart.
    Synonym: VHD
    • 2005, Edgar Jones, Simon Wessely, Shell Shock to PTSD, page 120:
      If a physician believed that an underlying organic pathology existed, cases were diagnosed as valvular disease of the heart (VDH), although death certificates have shown that in reality most of these cases were functional.
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