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Definition of Crescent
1. Noun. Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters.
2. Adjective. Resembling the new moon in shape.
Definition of Crescent
1. n. The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
2. a. Shaped like a crescent.
3. v. t. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
Definition of Crescent
1. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter [n -S]
Medical Definition of Crescent
1. 1. Any figure of the shape of the moon in its first quarter. 2. The figure made by the gray columns or cornua on cross-section of the spinal cord. Synonym: malarial crescent. Origin: L. Cresco, pp. Cretus, to grow (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crescent
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