Medical Definition of Lunated
1. Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. Origin: L. Lunatus crescent-shaped, p. P. Of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. Luna the moon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunated
Literary usage of Lunated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"Now, this first joint, viz. of the scaphoid and lunated bones, the head of the
radius, and the move- able cartilage which represents the head of the ulna, ..."
2. The Anatomy of the Human Body .. by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... and lunated bones,-the head of the radius, and the move- able cartilage which
... and lunated bones, ..."
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