Crescent - Other Crescent-shaped Entities

Other Crescent-shaped Entities

  • A glomerular crescent is a crescent shaped scar of the glomeruli of the kidney. It is a sign of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (also called crescentic glomerulonephritis).
  • The Fertile Crescent was a crescent shaped fertile area of land between Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
  • The Golden Crescent is one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production.

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