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

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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

This can allow blood to leak backward into the atrium from the tricuspid valve, causing the patient's heart to pump harder to move blood through the valve.

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

Erasistratos, about 300 B. C, recognized the valves of the heart, gave them the names tricuspid and sigmoid, and, like his great colleague, studied particularly the nervous system.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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