Tricuspid describes something with three points, tips or flaps.(adjective)
An example of tricuspid is a molar tooth with three cusps.
The definition of a tricuspid is a tooth with three cusps, or a valve with three flaps.(noun)
An example of a tricuspid is the valve in the human heart between the right atrium and ventricle.
See tricuspid in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L tricuspis (gen. tricuspidis): see tri- & cusp
See tricuspid in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: From Latin tricuspis, tricuspid-, having three points
Origin: : tri-, tri-
Origin: + cuspis, point.
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