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Origin: NL, from Gr, dim. Of mhnh the moon.
1. A crescent.
2. <optics> A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. <anatomy, ornithology> An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; especially, one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.
(01 Mar 1998)
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