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nummulations

nummulations is the plural of nummulation.

Meaning of nummulation

Noun

nummulation (plural nummulations)

  1. (rare) 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

Questions about nummulations

What is nummulations the plural of?
Nummulations is the plural of nummulation.

Words near nummulations in the dictionary

  1. nummuds
  2. nummular
  3. nummulary
  4. nummulated
  5. nummulation
  6. nummulations
  7. nummuliform
  8. nummuline
  9. nummulines
  10. nummulite
  11. nummulites

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