Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |