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tricompartmental

tricompartmental adjective: relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee).

Adjective

tricompartmental (not comparable)

  1. Relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee)

Origin of tricompartmental

From tri- + compartmental.

Words formed from tricompartmental

  • tricompartmental osteoarthritis

Questions about tricompartmental

What does tricompartmental mean?
Tricompartmental means relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee).
What part of speech is tricompartmental?
Tricompartmental is an adjective.

Words near tricompartmental in the dictionary

  1. tricolpate
  2. tricolpates
  3. tricolporate
  4. tricolporoidate
  5. tricolumnar
  6. tricompartmental
  7. tricompetence
  8. tricompetent
  9. tricomplex
  10. tricomplex number
  11. tricomplex numbers

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