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semilunar

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  1. 1. a. Shaped like a half moon. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The semilunar bone. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. resembling the new moon in shape Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. The semilunar bone. Source: webster
  5. 5. Shaped like a half moon. Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of thecarpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.-- Semilunar, or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at thebeginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent theblood from flowing back into the ventricle. Source: adambom
  6. 6. s resembling the new moon in shape Source: ecdict

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