The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Semilunar \Sem`i*lu"nar\, a.
Shaped like a half moon.
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Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus; the lunar.
See Lunar, n.
Semilunar valves, 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sigmoid \Sig"moid\, Sigmoidal \Sig*moid"al\, a. [Gr. ???; ???
sigma + e'i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmo["i]de.]
Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek
[sigmat].
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Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), the last curve of the colon before
it terminates in the rectum. See Illust. under
Digestive.
Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under
Semilunar.
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