circumflexnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.fleks/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.fleks/circumflex noun [ C ] (IN WRITING)
a sign (^) over a letter, especially a vowel, that shows that it has a different pronunciation from the letter without a sign over it
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- apostrophe
- asterisk
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- ellipsis
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- tilde
- upper case
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circumflex noun [ C ] (IN THE BODY)
specialized medical Circumflex nerves, arteries, or veins bend around an organ or body part.
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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