dem·i·lune (d m  -l n )n. A small body shaped like a half-moon or crescent, such as one of the crescent-shaped cells surrounding certain mucous glands. |
crescent [kres´ent]
1. shaped like a new moon.
2. something with this shape. adj., adj crescen´tic.
Giannuzzi's c's crescent-shaped patches of serous cells surrounding the mucous tubercles in mixed glands.
sublingual crescent the crescent-shaped area on the floor of the mouth, bounded by the lingual wall of the mandible and the base of the tongue.
demilune
crescent shaped.
serous demilune
serous fluid-producing cells in glands; small canals connect the serous cells with the luminal surface.
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