semilunar valve

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   a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart

   Broaderheart valve

   Narroweraortic valvepulmonary valve

Questions about semilunar valve

What does semilunar valve mean?

semilunar valve means "a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart".

Is semilunar valve a common word?

semilunar valve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.