'Semilunar' definitions:

Definition of 'semilunar'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]

Definition of 'Semilunar'

From: GCIDE
  • Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"nar\, a. Shaped like a half moon. [1913 Webster]
  • Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.
  • Semilunar valves, 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Semilunar'

From: GCIDE
  • Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"nar\, n. (Anat.) The semilunar bone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'semilunar'

From: GCIDE
  • Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
  • 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium. [1913 Webster]