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crescentic

adjective as in crescent

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Example Sentences

In estivo-autumnal malaria the gametes take distinctive ovoid and crescentic forms, and are not difficult to recognize.

In estivo-autumnal fever usually only the small "ring bodies" and the crescentic and ovoid gametes are seen in the blood.

Two pairs of plates for the King of France required 3000 crescentic and 3000 round gilt nails to fix the velvet.

They have numerous endothelial valves, formed of two crescentic segments allowing the lymph to pass toward the root of the neck.

Some of these are circular or horseshoe shaped, some crescentic, and others curved or even straight ridges.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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