Meaning of SEMILUNAR
Pronunciation: | | `semee'loonur
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| Definition: | | [adj] resembling the new moon in shape |
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| Synonyms: | | bicephalous, crescent(a), crescent-shaped, lunate, rounded |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sem`i*lu"nar\, a.
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.)
The semilunar bone.
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