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lu⋅nate

  [loo-neyt]
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–adjective
1. Also, lu⋅nat⋅ed. crescent-shaped.
–noun
2. Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
3. a crescent-shaped, microlithic artifact mounted in a haft to form a composite tool, mostly Mesolithic in origin.
Origin:
1770–80; < L lūnātus crescent-shaped. See Luna, -ate 1

Related forms:
lu⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
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lu·nate   (lōō'nāt')   
adj.  Shaped like a crescent.
n.  Archaeology A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.

[Latin lūnātus, past participle of lūnāre, to bend like a crescent, from lūna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1lu·nate
Pronunciation: 'lü-"nAt
Function: adjective
: shaped like a crescent

Main Entry: 2lunate
Function: noun
: LUNATE BONE
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Medical Dictionary

lunate lu·nate (l&oomacr;'nāt')
adj.
Shaped like a crescent.

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