semilunar

Speech parts

1. semilunar - Noun

2. semilunar - Adjective

3. semilunar - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Shaped like a half moon.

The semilunar bone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crescent lunate crescent-shaped half-moon galactic astrophysical lunar astronomical curved concave bowed astral semicircular astronomic convex

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Antonyms

small short little poor minor narrow

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Phrases with the word

aortic semilunar valve aortopulmonary semilunar valve atrioventricular semilunar valve bicuspid semilunar valve mitral semilunar valve pulmonary semilunar valve

Anagrams

unrealism

Examples

The second heart sound, S2, is the sound of the semilunar valves closing during ventricular diastole and is described as "dub". Source: Internet

It presents similarly to stenosis of the respective semilunar valve (i. Source: Internet

The semilunar aortic valve is at the base of the aorta and also is not attached to papillary muscles. Source: Internet

In humans, the right adrenal gland is pyramidal in shape, whereas the left is semilunar and somewhat larger. Source: Internet

Aranzi discovered the 'Nodules of Aranzio' in the semilunar valves of the heart and wrote the first description of the superior levator palpebral and the coracobrachialis muscles. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

semiloyalty semilucent semilucid semilunar bone semilunar cartilage semilunar ganglion