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CIRCUMFLEX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("circumflex" is a kind of...):

diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb circumflex

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 Context examples: 

A circumflex femoral vein that accompanies the medial circumflex femoral artery.

(Medial Circumflex Femoral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

In an individual with a left-dominant heart, this is the first branch that arises from the circumflex artery atrioventricular groove continuation when counted from proximal to distal.

(First Left Posterolateral Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A coronary artery that arises from the aorta and bifurcates into the left anterior descending artery and the left circumflex artery.

(Left Coronary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

In an individual with a left-dominant heart, this branch arises from the circumflex artery atrioventricular groove continuation and supplies the inferior apex of the heart.

(Left Posterolateral Descending Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The right coronary artery supplies the posterior descending artery (PDA) and the circumflex supplies the posterolateral artery (PLA).

(Co-Dominant Artery, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)