Definitions for semilunar

semilunar sem·i·lu·nar

Spelling: [sem-ee-loo-ner, sem-ahy-]
IPA: /ˌsɛm iˈlu nər, ˌsɛm aɪ-/

Semilunar is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 842 anagrams from letters in semilunar (aeilmnrsu).

Definitions for semilunar

adjective

  1. shaped like a half-moon; crescent.

Origin of semilunar

First recorded in 1590-1600; semi- + lunar

Examples for semilunar

The pupil is a fine black, and above each eye is a semilunar mark of the richest garnet.

Inner cortical shell lentelliptical, one and a half times as long as broad, with smooth surface and four semilunar gates.

The openings of the arteries behind the semilunar valves may be very small.

The valves of the left side are the most subject—the bicuspid or mitral and the aortic or semilunar.

The bones of the carpus are seven in number, the scaphoid and the semilunar being fused together.

The openings from the ventricles into these vessels are guarded by the semilunar valves.

Cut open the aorta, and notice the form of the semilunar valves.

Harris recommends the injection of alcohol into the semilunar ganglion.

The external nostrils terminated in a single orifice of a semilunar shape, with the concavity turned towards the snout.

The blow-hole is of a semilunar form, with a kind of valvular apparatus, and opens on the vertex, nearly over the eyes.

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