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Definition of Semilunes
1. semilune [n] - See also: semilune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semilunes
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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