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单词 semilunar
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Definition of semilunar in English:

semilunar

adjective ˌsɛmɪˈluːnə
Anatomy
  • Shaped like a half-moon or crescent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In any event, the semilunar depression is a hallmark of archosauriforms, but is unknown in crown group archosaurs.
    • Even more so than in Morganucodon, the anterior lamina of the petrosal is medially convex, leaving deep fossa for the semilunar ganglion, the root node of the trigeminal nerve.
    • In human anatomy, this is the fold of skin covering the inner corner of the eye, normally from the top of the eye downward in a semilunar form.
    • With the exception of two cases, there was no pathology on the semilunar leaflets of aorta.
    • It has been found lying upon the semilunar fascia of the biceps, and over the aponeurosis of the forearm, instead of beneath those structures.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin semilunaris (see semi-, lunar).

 
 

Definition of semilunar in US English:

semilunar

adjective
Anatomy
  • Shaped like a half-moon or crescent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has been found lying upon the semilunar fascia of the biceps, and over the aponeurosis of the forearm, instead of beneath those structures.
    • In any event, the semilunar depression is a hallmark of archosauriforms, but is unknown in crown group archosaurs.
    • With the exception of two cases, there was no pathology on the semilunar leaflets of aorta.
    • Even more so than in Morganucodon, the anterior lamina of the petrosal is medially convex, leaving deep fossa for the semilunar ganglion, the root node of the trigeminal nerve.
    • In human anatomy, this is the fold of skin covering the inner corner of the eye, normally from the top of the eye downward in a semilunar form.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin semilunaris (see semi-, lunar).

 
 
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