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Tricuspid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An organ or part, especially a tooth, having three cusps.

adj. Having three cusps, especially a molar tooth.

adj. Of or relating to the tricuspid valve.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having three cusps

n. A molar tooth that has three cusps

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate.

adj. Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having three cusps or points: specifically noting the valvular arrangement in the right ventricle of the heart, guarding the auriculoventricular orifice, in distinction from the bicuspid (or mitral) valves in the left ventricle.

n. A tricuspid valve of the heart.

n. A tricuspid tooth: correlated with bicuspid and multicuspid.

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adj. having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)

Word Usage

"The valve on the right side is called the tricuspid, because it consists of three little folds which fall over the opening and close it, being kept from falling too far by a number of slender threads called chordæ tendinæ."

Equivalent

angular angulate

Cross Reference

tricuspid murmur tricuspid valvular disease tricuspid teeth

Form

tricuspid valve tricuspid insufficiency tricuspid atrasia tricuspid murmur

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

tricuspidate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

bicuspid

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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