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DESCENDING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming down or downward
Classified under:
Similar:
declivitous; downhill; downward-sloping (sloping down rather steeply)
degressive (going down by steps)
descendant; descendent (going or coming down)
down; downward (extending or moving from a higher to a lower place)
downward-arching (curving downward)
drizzling ((of rain) falling lightly in very small drops)
dropping; falling (coming down freely under the influence of gravity)
raining (falling in drops or as if falling like rain)
Also:
down (being or moving lower in position or less in some value)
Antonym:
ascending (moving or going or growing upward)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb descend
Context examples:
The arteries that arise from the left anterior descending (LAD) artery that supply the interventricular septum.
(Left Anterior Descending Septal Perforator Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The portion of the large intestine that includes the descending and sigmoid colon.
(Left Colon, NCI Thesaurus)
The surface is very uneven, rising like the waves of a troubled sea, descending low, and interspersed by rifts that sink deep.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A rare congenital cardiovascular disorder characterized by the presence of a gap between the ascending and descending portions of the thoracic aorta.
(Interrupted Aortic Arch, NCI Thesaurus)
In an individual with a right-dominant heart, this is the first branch that arises from the right coronary artery distal to the right posterior descending artery, when counted from proximal to distal.
(First Right Posterolateral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The descending limb of the U-shaped portion of the renal tubule.
(Descending Limb of Henle's Loop, NCI Thesaurus)
The segment of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery that is distal to the third diagonal branch.
(Distal Left Anterior Descending Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The first artery arising from the left anterior descending (LAD) artery that supplies the anterolateral wall, when counted from proximal to distal.
(First Diagonal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Out of the thick green foliage which hung low over my head, two long muscular arms covered with reddish hair were slowly descending.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
