TRICUSPID VALVE


Meaning of TRICUSPID VALVE in English

Anat.

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. mitral valve .

[ 1660-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .