Definitions for tricuspid

tricuspid tri·cus·pid

Spelling: [trahy-kuhs-pid]
IPA: /traɪˈkʌs pɪd/

Tricuspid is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in tricuspid (cdiiprstu).

Definitions for tricuspid

noun

  1. Anatomy. a tricuspid part, as a tooth.

adjective

  1. Also, tricuspidal. having three cusps or points, as a tooth. Compare bicuspid.
  2. Anatomy. of, relating to, or affecting the tricuspid valve.

Origin of tricuspid

1660-70; Latin tricuspid- (stem of tricuspis) having three points. See tri-, cuspid

Examples for tricuspid

The tricuspid valve (fig. 2, l, m, n) guarding against reflux of blood into the right auricle.

There is no kardiae insufficiency, I think, neither mitral nor tricuspid.

The tricuspid hooks support thin chitinous lamin, which connect the two lateral horns of each hook to the central apophysis.

Gradually enlarge the opening until the chordæ tendineæ and the flaps of the tricuspid valve are seen.

The tricuspid valve at once closes, and blocks the way backward.

There are but three pairs of incisor teeth in each jaw, and the upper molars are tricuspid.

The left-side valve is the mitral valve, that between the right auricle and ventricle the tricuspid valve.

The tricuspid and mitral valves were thickened, and exhibiting minute granulations on their surface.

In the mesozoic period certain animals with tricuspid teeth occur.

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