Usually means: Splitting into three distinct parts.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. trifurcation: Merriam-Webster
  2. trifurcation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trifurcation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. trifurcation: Vocabulary.com
  5. trifurcation: Wordnik
  6. trifurcation: Wiktionary
  7. trifurcation: Dictionary.com
  8. trifurcation: Rhymezone
  9. trifurcation: FreeDictionary.org
  10. trifurcation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. trifurcation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. trifurcation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. trifurcation: Medical dictionary

(Note: See trifurcate as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trifurcation)

▸ noun:  A division into three branches.

Similar:
quadrifurcation, multifurcation, bifurcation, quadfurcation, trichotomy, tree fork, trisegmentation, dichotomy, trichotomization, bifurcator, more...

Opposite:
fusion, union, merger

Types:
fork, branch, divergence, split, bifurcation, more...

Phrases:
trifurcation involvement, more...

Adjectives:
popliteal, cerebral, middle, aortic, tibial, celiac, portal, true, left, arterial, right

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Similar:
quadrifurcation, multifurcation, bifurcation, quadfurcation, trichotomy, tree fork, trisegmentation, dichotomy, trichotomization, bifurcator, more...

Opposite:
fusion, union, merger

Types:
fork, branch, divergence, split, bifurcation, more...

Phrases:
trifurcation involvement, more...

Adjectives:
popliteal, cerebral, middle, aortic, tibial, celiac, portal, true, left, arterial, right



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