semilunar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: semilunar	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for semilunar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
semilunar adj resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lunar \Lu"nar\, n. 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. 2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also {semilunar}, and {intermedium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Semilunar \Sem`ilu"nar\, a. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Semilunar \Sem`ilu"nar\, n. (Anat.) The semilunar* bone.