Definition of "curvilinear" []

• Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines. (adjective)

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• "On this account they are generally grown in curvilinear houses, that is, houses that have glass on all sides, like that in the garden of the London Horticultural Society at Turnham Green."
• "A more advanced form of EUS, called curvilinear EUS, allows doctors to operate within the lumen of the gut while at the same time detect, biopsy and treat lesions and tumors that lie outside the intestinal wall."
• "A more advanced version, called curvilinear EUS, allows doctors to operate within the gut while at the same time detect, biopsy and treat lesions and tumours that lie outside the intestinal wall."