See Also: Circinate(medicine)
circinate(dictionary)
circinate retinitis(medicine)
circinate retinopathy(medicine)

circinate (iou)



circinate adjective. E19.
[Latin circinatus pa. pple of circinare make round, formed as CIRCINUS: see -ATE2.]
Botany & Zoology. Rolled up with its apex in the centre. E19.
Medicine. Circular in appearance; forming circular lesions. L19.
circinately adverb M19.
circi'nation noun (now rare) (a) a circling or turning round; (b) Botany circinate vernation or foliation: L16.