SEMILUNAR

semilunar, crescent-shaped, crescent(a), lunate

(adjective) resembling the new moon in shape

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

semilunar (not comparable)

Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.

Noun

semilunar (plural semilunars)

(anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.

Anagrams

• Lemurians, Rumelians, linear sum, unrealism

Source: Wiktionary


Sem`i*lu"nar, a.

Definition: Shaped like a half moon. Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.

– Semilunar, or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at the beginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricle.

Sem`i*lu"nar, n. (Anat.)

Definition: The semilunar bone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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