- crescentic
- adjective see crescent I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
crescentic
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Crescentic — Cres*cen tic (kr[e^]s*s[e^]n t[i^]k), a. Crescent shaped. Crescentic lobes. R. Owen. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crescentic — adjective a) growing, increasing, gaining size etc. Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth. b) Crescent shaped. Syn: crescent See Also: crescendo … Wiktionary
crescentic — krə̇ˈsentik adjective : resembling or suggesting a crescent crescentic patterns of meandering channels P.E.James … Useful english dictionary
Crescentic Glomerulonephritis — Bei der rasch progressiven Glomerulonephritis (engl. rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, kurz RPGN) handelt es sich um eine schubweise auftretende extrakapilläre Glomerulonephritis, die mit einem raschen Verlust der Nierenfunktion einhergeht … Deutsch Wikipedia
crescentic — shaped like the moon in the first or last quarter … Dictionary of ichthyology
crescentic — See crescent. * * * … Universalium
crescentic — Shaped like a crescent. * * * cres·cen·tic (krə senґtik) resembling a crescent … Medical dictionary
crescentic — adj. of or pertaining to a crescent, shaped like a crescent … English contemporary dictionary
crescentic — cres·cen·tic … English syllables
crescentic glomerulonephritis — 1. any glomerulonephritis in which epithelial crescents are present, such as types of diffuse glomerulonephritis and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. 2. rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis when crescents are present … Medical dictionary
