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单词 lunula
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Definition of lunula in English:

lunula

nounPlural lunulae ˈluːnjʊləˈlunjələ
  • 1The white area at the base of a fingernail.

    (指甲根部的)月牙白

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whitish crescent-shaped area at the base of the nail is called the lunula.
    • Injuries classified as zone II are located distal to the lunula of the nail bed and are complicated by the bony exposure of the distal phalanx.
    • The lateral sides of the nail plate show exaggerated convexity, the lunula disappears, and the nail takes on a yellow hue.
    • The whitish, half-moon-shaped area at the base of your nail is called the lunula (LOO-nu-luh).
    • In patients with severe renal disease, the proximal portion of the nail bed can turn white, obliterating the lunula and giving a half-brown, half-white appearance, also called half-and-half nails.
  • 2A crescent-shaped Bronze Age ornament worn as a necklace.

    (青铜时代的)新月状项圈

    Synonyms
    half-moon, sickle-shape, semicircle

Derivatives

  • lunular

  • adjective
    • When the weapon is outside of the spheroid, its system is limited in its search to a lunular segment of a sphere.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The vane guide plate is inserted in the lunular hollow formed by the curved walls of the vane.
      • Expression of ribs, and the lunular pit in Bothrocorbula, are used to a lesser extent for species discrimination.
      • It is best distinguished from the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (P. canadensis) by the entirely yellow lunular submarginal spots on the underside of the hindwing.
  • lunulate

  • adjective
    • Mooi also established that other lunulate taxa such as the Astriclypeidae Stefanini, 1912, were not more closely related to the mellitids than monophorasterids.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They also have important biogeographic implications, given that lunulate sand dollars are today rather rare in the regions in which monophorasterids were once common.
      • Therefore, we cannot support Durham's derivation of New World lunulate clades from an ancestor in common with protoscutellids, either.
      • The study has also resulted in a clearer picture of the biogeography and biostratigraphy of the Monophorasteridae, and their great significance in the evolution of lunulate sand dollars in the Americas.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a crescent-shaped geometrical figure): from Latin, diminutive of luna 'moon'.

Definition of lunula in US English:

lunula

nounˈlunjələˈlo͞onyələ
  • 1The white area at the base of a fingernail.

    (指甲根部的)月牙白

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whitish, half-moon-shaped area at the base of your nail is called the lunula (LOO-nu-luh).
    • Injuries classified as zone II are located distal to the lunula of the nail bed and are complicated by the bony exposure of the distal phalanx.
    • In patients with severe renal disease, the proximal portion of the nail bed can turn white, obliterating the lunula and giving a half-brown, half-white appearance, also called half-and-half nails.
    • The lateral sides of the nail plate show exaggerated convexity, the lunula disappears, and the nail takes on a yellow hue.
    • The whitish crescent-shaped area at the base of the nail is called the lunula.
  • 2Printing
    One of a pair of parentheses.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is this contrast between the syntactical presumption of the lunulae and the effect is actually has which poets have exploited.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a crescent-shaped geometrical figure): from Latin, diminutive of luna ‘moon’.

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