'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]