semilunar valve

Noun

Meaning

a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

atrioventricular valve heart valve aortic valve bicuspid valve tricuspid valve cardiac valve pocket flap aortopulmonary semilunar valve aortopulmonary valve valve in the human heart aortic semilunar valve one of the cardiac valves one of the heart valves aortic atrioventricular septal valve trileaflet valve
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Hypernyms

heart valve cardiac valve

Hyponyms

pulmonary valve aortic valve

Close letter words and terms

semilunar bone semilunar cartilage semilunar ganglion semilunary semilunate semilune