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nummulary

nummulary is the alternative form of nummular.

Meaning of nummular

Adjective

nummular (comparative more nummular, superlative most nummular)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to coins or money.
  2. (broadly) Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders.
    Synonyms:
    coinlike
  3. (broadly, obsolete) 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.[1839, Robley Dunglison, “NUMMULAR”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC, page 421...

Forms of nummulary

comparativemore nummulary
superlativemost nummulary

Origin of nummulary

From numm(us) + -ary.

Questions about nummulary

What is nummulary the alternative form of?
Nummulary is the alternative form of nummular.

Words near nummulary in the dictionary

  1. nummiest
  2. nummiform
  3. nummud
  4. nummuds
  5. nummular
  6. nummulary
  7. nummulated
  8. nummulation
  9. nummulations
  10. nummuliform
  11. nummuline

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