lunate (redirected from lunate bones)

lu·nate  (lnt) also lu·nat·ed (-ntd)

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.

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[Latin lntus, past participle of lnre, to bend like a crescent, from lna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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lunate [ˈluːneɪt]

adj also lunated

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy Botany shaped like a crescent

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a crescent-shaped bone forming part of the wrist

[from Latin lūnātus crescent-shaped, from lūnāre, from lūna moon]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

lunate - resembling the new moon in shape crescent, crescent-shaped, semilunar rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"