Definition of Semilunes

1. Noun. (plural of semilune) ¹

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Definition of Semilunes

1. semilune [n] - See also: semilune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semilunes

semilunar fascia
semilunar fasciculus
semilunar fibrocartilage
semilunar fold
semilunar fold of colon
semilunar ganglion
semilunar hiatus
semilunar line
semilunar notch
semilunar nucleus of Flechsig
semilunar valve
semilunare
semilunary
semilunate
semilune
semilunes (current term)
semilustrous
semiluxation
semiluxurious
semiluxury
semimagnetic
semimajor
semimajor axes
semimajor axis
semimartingale
semimartingales
semimat
semimatt
semimatte
semimembranosus

Literary usage of Semilunes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"Both semilunes possess certain accessory attachments. ... 233 and 236), stretches between the anterior convex margins of the two semilunes, crossing the ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke Carter, Luther Holden (1878)
"Lay it with the broader non-articular surface upwards and the semilunes forwards (г. e., ... If the ridge between the two semilunes is absent or ill-marked, ..."

3. Manual for the Physiological Laboratory by Vincent Dormer Harris, D'Arcy Power (1884)
"(2) The semilunes of Heidenhain, or the crescents of Giannuzzi, semilunar groups of cells situated here and there between the mucous cells and the membrana ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by John Gray McKendrick (1889)
"The ducts and semilunes become red. The membrana propria of the sublingual and the mucous ... Distinguish carefully the semilunes ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... and wear these ornaments in the openings, where they appear as if coming out of the flesh; and they wear in the same way semilunes of gold. ..."

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