lunate

English - Turkish

Definition of lunate in English Turkish dictionary: hilal biçiminde; yarımay şeklinde; hilal şeklinde; (Tıp) Ay (ayça) kemik, lunatus; (sıfat) yarımay şeklinde; (Tıp) Ay şeklinde, aysel, lunar
lunate bone: el bileğinin yarım ay şeklindeki kemiği

English - English

Definition of lunate in English English dictionary: A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period; Shaped like a crescent; {a} formed like a half moon; {s} having a similar appearance to the new moon, shaped like a crescent or half-moon, semilunar; Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross
lunate bone: One of the carpal bones of the wrist
lunate sigma: Form of the Greek letter sigma used in Medieval Greek and occasionally in Greek Orthodox Church transcriptions
lunate sigmas: plural form of lunate sigma
lunate bone: one of the eight small wrist bones
lunate bone: The second of three bones forming the proximal row of bones in the wrist. Also called semilunar bone

lunate

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lu·nate

[ 'lü-"nAt ] (adjective.) circa 1777. Latin lunatus, past participle of lunare to bend in a crescent, from luna.

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