semilunar bone

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semilunar bone

n.
See lunate bone.
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Noun1.semilunar bone - one of the eight small wrist bonessemilunar bone - one of the eight small wrist bones  
lunate bone, os lunatum
carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
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