semilunar

IPA: sɛmɪɫˈunɝ

noun

  • (anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.

adjective

  • Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
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Examples of "semilunar" in Sentences

  • Please note the delicate semilunar valves.
  • The aperture is semilunar and usually lacks teeth.
  • The shell aperture is semilunar and a little oblique.
  • Its orifice is guarded by the aortic semilunar valves.
  • It is also referred to as the internal semilunar fibrocartilage.
  • These cusps are half moon shaped hence also called aortic semilunar valve.
  • Traube's semilunar space is an anatomic region of some clinical importance.
  • They are sometimes referred to as the semilunar ganglia or the solar ganglia.
  • Blood is then pumped through the semilunar valve and into the pulmonary artery.
  • The superior semilunar lobules and the folium vermis form the lobus semilunaris.

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