RING-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring-shaped mean? 

• RING-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective RING-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. shaped like a ring

  Familiarity information: RING-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RING-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped like a ring

Synonyms:

annular; annulate; annulated; circinate; doughnut-shaped; ring-shaped; ringed

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

 Context examples 

A ring-shaped skin finding with clear central area.

(Annular Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A localized or generalized inflammatory skin disorder characterized by the formation of papules and ring-shaped plaques in the skin.

(Granuloma Annulare, NCI Thesaurus)

A ring-shaped structure with every point equidistant from the center.

(Circle, NCI Thesaurus)

A ring-shaped organic compound that can potentially cause cancer in humans and consists of an oxygen atom bonded to two other atoms, usually of carbon, that are already bonded to each other.

(Carcinogenic Epoxide, NCI Thesaurus)

The ciliary body includes the ring-shaped muscle that changes the size of the pupil and the shape of the lens when the eye focuses.

(Ciliary body, NCI Dictionary)

The experiments determined that the exotic ice in the cloud is a combination of the simple organic molecule hydrogen cyanide together with the large ring-shaped chemical benzene.

(NASA Team Finds Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan, NASA)