Tricuspid

Word TRICUSPID
Character 9
Hyphenation tri cus pid
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tricuspid"

What do we mean by tricuspid?

An organ or part, especially a tooth, having three cusps. noun

Having three cusps, especially a molar tooth. adjective

Of or relating to the tricuspid valve. adjective

Having three cusps or points: specifically noting the valvular arrangement in the right ventricle of the heart, guarding the auriculoventricular orifice, in distinction from the bicuspid (or mitral) valves in the left ventricle.

A tricuspid valve of the heart. noun

A tricuspid tooth: correlated with bicuspid and multicuspid. noun

Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate. adjective

Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves. adjective

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. adjective

Having three cusps adjective

A molar tooth that has three cusps noun

Having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) adjective

A molar tooth that has three cusps

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The word "tricuspid" in example sentences

The valve on the right side is called the tricuspid, because it consists of three little folds which fall over the opening and close it, being kept from falling too far by a number of slender threads called chordæ tendinæ. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

The pulsation may be described as tricuspid; that is, it consists of a strong beat, preceded and followed by lesser beats. ❋ Joel Dorman Steele (N/A)

The valve which guards the entrance into the right ventricle is called tricuspid, and consists of three flaps attached by delicate tendinous cords in such a way as to hinder the tending backwards of the flaps into the right auricle, and so allowing the blood to flow back into that chamber. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Narrowing of the opening of the tricuspid valve (the valve that regulates blood flow from the right atrium into the right ventricle). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Children with tricuspid atresia require life-long care by a cardiologist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not all babies with tricuspid atresia require prostaglandin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The blood then flows across the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Single ventricle defects include hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tricuspid atresia, double inlet left ventricle, some heterotaxy defects and others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The tricuspid valve is the opening between the right atrium (the upper chamber) and the right ventricle (the lower chamber) A heart with tricuspid atresia is characterized by poorly developed right heart structures and: has no tricuspid valve has a smaller-than-normal right ventricle/hypoplastic right ventricle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of historical interest, the Fontan operation was performed for the first time in patients with tricuspid atresia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An abnormal valve that tends to leak (Doctors call this an “Ebstein-like” tricuspid valve.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

When the PDA closes, some babies with tricuspid atresia get quite blue/cyanosed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Echocardiography found typical features of early recipient twin cardiomyopathy, with thickening and decreased contractility of the wall of the right ventricle and abnormal function (regurgitation) of the tricuspid valve connecting the right atrium to the right ventricle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some babies with tricuspid atresia are too “pink” or have too much blood-flow to the lungs, and will require an operation called “pulmonary artery banding” to narrow the pulmonary artery and regulate blood flow to the lungs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the time of her evaluation for twin-twin transfusion with us, the recipient twin was found to have severe biventricular cardiac dysfunction, with moderate to severe leakage (regurgitation) across both mitral and tricuspid valves, severe pulmonic insufficiency with no forward flow across the pulmonary valve and reverse flow seen within the pulmonary artery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Children with tricuspid atresia always have an atrial septal defect, a hole between the right atrium and left atrium, so that oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood (blue and pink blood) mix inside of the heart. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Any of the above operations may also have to include replacement of the leaky tricuspid valve with an artificial valve, and insertion of a pacemaker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Babies with tricuspid atresia and transposition of great arteries may require the “Norwood operation” if the aorta is too small (see hypoplastic left heart syndrome). ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a normal heart, two valves separate the upper and lower chambers of the heart: the tricuspid valve separates the right chambers and the mitral valve the left. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many babies with tricuspid atresia are well enough to be discharged home soon after birth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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