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Semilunar   Listen
noun
Semilunar  n.  (Anat.) The semilunar bone.


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





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"Semilunar" Quotes from Famous Books



... curved &c v.; curviform^, curvilineal^, curvilinear; devex^, devious; recurved, recurvous^; crump^; bowed &c v.; vaulted, hooked; falciform^, falcated^; semicircular, crescentic; sinusoid [Geom.], parabolic, paraboloid; luniform^, lunular^; semilunar, conchoidal^; helical, double helical, spiral; kinky; cordiform^, cordated^; cardioid; heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


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