tricuspid
pronunciation
How to pronounce tricuspid in British English: UK [traɪ'kʌspɪd]
How to pronounce tricuspid in American English: US [traɪ'kʌspɪd]
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- Adjective:
- having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
Word Origin
- tricuspid (n.)
- 1660s, from Latin tricuspidem (nominative tricuspis) "three-pointed," from tri- (see tri-) + cuspis "point" (see cusp).
Example
- 1. Other congenital malformations of tricuspid valve .
- 2. Results : it was obtained that the normal value of the cardiac function of 11 indexes in aortic and pulmonary value orifice and of 20 indexes in mitral and tricuspid value orif ice .