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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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