bicuspid

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The auriculo-ventricular valve in the left side is composed of two flaps, hence it is called the bicuspid valve; in the right side this valve has three flaps and is called the tricuspid valve.

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  1. adjective Having two points or cusps, as the crescent moon.
  2. noun A bicuspid tooth, especially a premolar.

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  • A man would certainly remember receiving the nail, that is, unless he either has a really crazy girlfriend or was born on the right bicuspid (LOL!). —  Latest Articles
  • Boone will have the operation - technically called bicuspid aortic valve aneurysm surgery - at Stanford University Hospital in California, and he plans to schedule it in the coming days. —  Bats
  • However, a recent study of patients with a normal or minimally dysfunctional bicuspid valve was apparently the first to report the prognostic role of an index of aortic valve degeneration that incorporated the extent of valve thickening, calcification, and mobility. 1 —  JAMA current issue
  • Michelena HI, Desjardins VA, Avierinos JF; et al. Natural history of asymptomatic patients with normally functioning or minimally dysfunctional bicuspid aortic valve in the community. —  JAMA current issue
  • [2] This shell has an outer tissue-like layer called the periostracum that changes color as the bicuspid grows. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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  1. New Latin bicuspis, bicuspid- : Latin bi-, two; see bi-1 + Latin cuspis, sharp point.

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  1. from New Latin bicuspis (-pid-), from Latin bi-, two-, + cuspis (cuspid-), a point.
 

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/baɪˈkəspɪd/
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