Dictionary entry

Circumflex (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cir″cum‐flex, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. Swift.

2. (Anat.) Curved circularly; — applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.