Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Valsalvian

Valsalvian , adjective

Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Collocations (1)
Valsalvian experiment (Medicine) , the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks.