nummular
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nummular
- /ˈnʌmjʊlə/ UK
- /ˈnʌmjʊlɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin nummulus (“(small amount of) money”) + English -ar (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of, pertaining to, or near’). Nummulus is the diminutive of nummus (“a coin; piece of money”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix); while nummus is from Doric Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “kind of coin”), from νέμω (némō, “to deal out, dispense, distribute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give; to take”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns).
adjective more nummular · most nummular
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Of or relating to coins or money.
Similar: monetary, numismatic, nummary, nummulary
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Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders.
Similar: coinlike
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Of sputum: forming flat, round shapes (formerly thought to be a symptom of tuberculosis).
NUMMULAR […] An epithet applied to the sputa in phthisis, when they flatten at the bottom of the vessel, like a piece of money.
Similar: coinlike, nummulary, nummulated
Translations
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adj flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped
| Español | numular |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 硬幣形的 /硬币形的 yìngbìxíngde |
| Português | numular |
| Français | nummulaire |
| Italiano | nummulare |
adj characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders
| Español | numular |
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| Português | numular |
| Français | nummulaire |
| Italiano | nummulare |
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title = {nummular},
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