bicuspid
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Having a bicuspid aortic valve, meaning that your aortic valve has two flaps, instead of three, puts you at a higher risk of developing an aortic aneurysm.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
"I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve where you've only got two valves going to the aorta not three," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022
Blood travels through the bicuspid valve to the left atrium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They’re usually bicuspid in shape, which means they have two little points at the end.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2021
Even toothache, to which he is subject, Tom ascribes to a malignant fiend, so he asks for a pin which, without a wince, he forces into the decaying bicuspid.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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