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LUNATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lunate mean?
• LUNATE (adjective)
The adjective LUNATE has 1 sense:
1. resembling the new moon in shape
Familiarity information: LUNATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling the new moon in shape
Synonyms:
crescent; crescent-shaped; lunate; semilunar
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Context examples
A horizontal groove on the lateral surface of the occipital lobe extending from the accessory lateral occipital sulci to the lunate sulcus that separates the superior occipital gyrus from the inferior occipital gyrus.
(Lateral-Occipital Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)
The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone.
(Carpal Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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