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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tricuspid
    adj 1: having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth);
           "tricuspid molar"; "tricuspid valve" [syn: tricuspid,
           tricuspidate]

2. 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]

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