nummulation
nummulation noun: the arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.
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Noun
nummulation (plural nummulations)
- The arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.
- A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency to cohere immediately after the blood is drawn, thus forming Schultze's grannule-masses, and this process is analogous to the nummulation of the red corpuscules.1886 William Osler, “Cartwright Lectures on Certain Problems in the Physiology of the Blood,” Lecture 1, in Gaillard’s Medical Journal Volume 42
- Examples of the other blood coagulation system measurement items include coagulation of blood (blood clotting), …, nummulation of red blood cells, blood aggregation, …, and fibrinolysis.2019, Aya Murata et al., United States Patent Application Pub. No. 2019/0049428 A1
Forms of nummulation
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Origin of nummulation
From Latin nummulus (“money”) + -ation. By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ate + -ion.
Questions about nummulation
- What does nummulation mean?
- Nummulation means the arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.
- What part of speech is nummulation?
- Nummulation is a noun.
- What is the plural of nummulation?
- The plural of nummulation is nummulations.
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