1.
[syn: tricuspid, tricuspidate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tricuspid \Tri*cus"pid\, a. [L. tricuspis, -idis; tri- (see
Tri-) + cuspis a point: cf. F. tricuspide.]
1. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a
tricuspid molar.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as,
tricuspid obstruction.
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Tricuspid valve (Anat.), the valve, consisting of three
triangular membranous flaps, at the opening of the right
auricle into the right ventricle in the heart of most
mammals; -- sometimes called the tricuspid valves, each
flap being regarded as a valve.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tricuspid
adj 1: having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth);
"tricuspid molar"; "tricuspid valve" [syn: tricuspid,
tricuspidate]