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Definition of Tricuspid

1. Adjective. Having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth). "Tricuspid valve"

Definition of Tricuspid

1. a. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.

Definition of Tricuspid

1. Adjective. Having three cusps ¹

2. Noun. A molar tooth that has three cusps ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tricuspid

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tricuspid

1. 1. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar. 2. Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction. Tricuspid valve, 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. Origin: L. Tricuspis, -idis; tri- (see Tri-) + cuspis a point: cf. F. Tricuspide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tricuspid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Heart by James Mackenzie (1910)
"AFFECTIONS OF THE tricuspid VALVES LESIONS of the tricuspid valves are rare, and are nearly always associated with similar lesions in the mitral and aortic ..."

2. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"Insufficiency of the tricuspid Valve. Insufficiency of the tricuspid valve is extremely rare as an independent disease of the heart, but a secondary ..."

3. A System of Medicine by John Russell Reynolds, Henry Hartshorne (1880)
"The duration of the tricuspid murmur in these cases was very variable. In two instances it was only observed once, and in eleven it disappeared in from two ..."

4. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by John C. Da Costa (1919)
"The tricuspid first sound is masked by the attendant murmur, but only exceptionally is ... In pure tricuspid leakage the pulmonic second sound is enfeebled; ..."

5. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1878)
"... the tricuspid used formerly, upon theoretical grounds, to be regarded as a very common form of valvular disease. The ostium \vas seen to be enormously ..."

6. Diseases of the Heart and Aorta by Arthur Douglass Hirschfelder (1913)
"Insufficiency of the tricuspid valve occupies a unique position among the ... Three valves, the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid, were involved in 7 of these ..."

7. A Text-book of Medical Diagnosis by James Meschter Anders, Leonard Napoleon Boston (1911)
"significant sign of tricuspid regurgitation is venous pulsation above the right clavicle and in the carotid regions, and pulsation of the liver is also a ..."

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