tricuspid

American  

[trahy-kuhs-pid] / traɪˈkʌs pɪd /

adjective

1. Also tricuspidal. having three cusps or points, as a tooth.

2. Anatomy. of, relating to, or affecting the tricuspid valve.

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noun

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

tricuspid British  

/ traɪˈkʌspɪd /

adjective

1. 1. having three points, cusps, or segments

      a tricuspid tooth

      a tricuspid valve

   2. of or relating to such a tooth or valve

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noun

1. a tooth having three cusps

tricuspid Scientific  

/ trī-kŭs′pĭd /

1. Having three points or cusps.

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1. A tooth having three points or cusps, especially a molar.

2. See tricuspid valve

Etymology

Origin of tricuspid

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

Example Sentences

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tricuspid

Additionally, surgical sales increased 6.5% and sales of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies jumped 47%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Big-words alert: Edwards Lifesciences is expanding beyond its monopoly in TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, into fast-growing TMTT, or transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

UC Davis Health cardiology team members are among the first in the country to treat patients with tricuspid regurgitation, or a leaky heart valve, by using a groundbreaking catheter.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024

The condition leaves the right ventricle diseased and the tricuspid valve is malformed so it leaks.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023

A similar process occurs on the right side of the heart, but here, instead of a mitral valve of two flaps between auricle and ventricle, we have a tricuspid valve with three.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells