bicuspid
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The tooth is a wink at “One Morning in Maine,” an earlier Robert McCloskey book involving a wiggly bicuspid — or was it a molar?
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The Marines said Smith underwent successful surgery to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart, which was the cause of his cardiac arrest.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024
"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
They’re usually bicuspid in shape, which means they have two little points at the end.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2021
The auriculo-ventricular valve in the left side is composed of two flaps, hence it is called the bicuspid valve; in the right side this valve has three flaps and is called the tricuspid valve.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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