tricuspid valve: Meaning and Definition of

tricus'pid valve'

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— Anat. Anat.
  1. the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle. Cf.
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