Mitral valve regurgitation means that one of the valves in your heart-the mitral valve-is letting blood leak backward into the heart. Heart valves work like one-way gates, helping blood flow in one direction between heart chambers or in and out of the heart. The mitral valve is on the left side of your heart.
acculturation. [Ékulâ²chÉrÄâ²shÉn]. 1 the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of a different population group. 2 the modification of culture of a group resulting from association with another group.
As enculturation is used to describe the process of first-culture learning, acculturation can be thought of as second-culture learning.The concept of acculturation has been studied scientifically since 1918.he effects of acculturation can be seen at multiple levels in both interacting cultures. At the group level, acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions.