Semilunar

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

semilunar
    adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: {crescent(a)},
           {crescent-shaped}, {semilunar}, {lunate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"nar\, a.
   Shaped like a half moon.
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   {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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"nar\, n. (Anat.)
   The semilunar bone.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
   1. (Astron.) A lunar distance.
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   2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the
      carpus; -- called also {semilunar}, and {intermedium}.
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