| scimitar | 1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, in use among Mohammedans, especially, the Arabs and persians. Alternative forms: cimeter, and scymetar. 2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. <botany> Scimiter pods, the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes. Origin: F. Cimeterre, cf. It. Scimitarra, Sp. Cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarry with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. Shimshir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scimitar sign | <clinical sign> A curvilinear structure seen roentgenographically in the lung and associated with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, suggesting the sickle shape, of a Turkish saber; also used to refer to the scalloped shape of the sacrum in spinal dysraphism with anterior meningocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scimitar syndrome | <radiology> Hypoplasia / aplasia of one or more lobes of lung, always on right, with or without partial APVR (to IVC, portal vein, etc.), scimitar-shaped density is draining vein (12 Dec 1998) |