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spicular

spicular adjective: of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules, spiculum, or spicula.

Adjective

spicular (comparative more spicular, superlative most spicular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules, spiculum, or spicula.
    • Lung cancer, for instance, might start as a spicular nodule in the lung.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 158

Forms of spicular

comparativemore spicular
superlativemost spicular

Origin of spicular

From spicule + -ar, spiculum + -ar, and spicula + -ar

Words formed from spicular

Questions about spicular

What does spicular mean?
Spicular means of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules, spiculum, or spicula.
What part of speech is spicular?
Spicular is an adjective.

Words near spicular in the dictionary

  1. spicous
  2. spics
  3. spicspeak
  4. spicula
  5. spiculae
  6. spicular
  7. spicularite
  8. spicularitic
  9. spiculas
  10. spiculate
  11. spiculated

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