bicuspid
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of bicuspid
Vocabulary lists containing bicuspid
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The tooth is a wink at “One Morning in Maine,” an earlier Robert McCloskey book involving a wiggly bicuspid — or was it a molar?
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
He underwent successful surgery i n early January to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart, which was the cause of his cardiac arrest.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
"I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve where you've only got two valves going to the aorta not three," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
Blood travels through the bicuspid valve to the left atrium.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A long siege with a certain bicuspid had left The Boy, one early spring day, with a broken spirit and a swollen face.
From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Laurence Hutton
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