nummular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈnʌmjʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈnʌmjʊlɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
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).
Meanings
- (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to coins or money.
- (broadly) Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped. ▸ Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders.
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(broadly, obsolete) Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped. ▸ 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, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more nummular | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most nummular | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
nummulated · nummulite · nummulitid · nummary · nummuline · nummus · nummulitic · nummulary · nummulation
Synonyms
nummary · coinlike · monetary · nummulary · numismatic · nummulary · coinlike · nummulated
Translations (11)
sv nummulär (characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders) · es numular (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped) · fr nummulaire (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped) · es numular (characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders) · it nummulare (characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders) · pt numular (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped) · cmn 硬幣形的 /硬币形的 (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped) · pt numular (characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders) · fr nummulaire (characterized by lesions which are round with well-defined borders) · la nummulāris (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped) · it nummulare (flattened with a rounded form; coin-shaped)