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tricuspid(medicine)
tricuspid(dictionary)
tricuspid stenosis(medicine)
tricuspid tooth(medicine)
tricuspid orifice(medicine)
tricuspid murmur(medicine)
tricuspid incompetence(medicine)
tricuspid atresia(medicine)
tricuspid area(medicine)

proximal contact (medicine) and tricuspid (medicine)


proximal contact (medicine)


proximal contact
Proximate contact, the area where the surfaces of two adjacent teeth in the same arch touch.

Contact with reality, correctly interpreting external phenomena in relation to the norms of one's social or cultural milieu.

Working contacts, working or occlusion; contact's of teeth made on the side of the occlusion toward which the mandible has been moved.

Synonym: working bite, working occlusion.


tricuspid (medicine)


tricuspid


1. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.

2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.

<anatomy> Tricuspid valve, 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.

Origin: L. Tricuspis, -idis; tri- (see Tri-) + cuspis a point: cf. F. Tricuspide.

Source: Websters Dictionary