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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth);
- Example: "tricuspid molar"
- Example: "tricuspid valve"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tricuspid adj 1: having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "tricuspid molar"; "tricuspid valve" [syn: tricuspid, tricuspidate]