See Also: Semilunar(medicine)
semilunar(dictionary)
semilunar fasciculus(medicine)
semilunar valve(medicine)
semilunar notch(medicine)
semilunar line(medicine)
semilunar hiatus(medicine)
semilunar ganglion(medicine)
semilunar fold(medicine)
semilunar fibrocartilage(medicine)

semilunar (iou)



semilunar adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin semilunaris: see SEMI-, LUNAR adjective.]
A. adjective. Chiefly Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany. Shaped like a half-moon or crescent; having one side convex and the other straight or concave; spec. designating a bone in the carpus, a cartilage in the knee, a valve in the opening of the aorta or of the pulmonary artery from the heart. LME.
b. noun. A semilunar cartilage, valve, etc. L19.
semilunary adjective = SEMILUNAR adjective M17-M18.
semilunate adjective = LUNATE adjective M19.
semi-lu'nated adjective having a crescent-shaped indentation E18.