Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ventricular_septal_defect

1 sense of ventricular septal defect

Sense 1
ventricular septal defect -- (a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure)
       => septal defect -- (a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart)