nummular
Flattened with a rounded form, as a discFlattened 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.
Meaning
3 sensesFlattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped.
(broadly)Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders.
(obsolete, rare)Of or relating to coins or money.
Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped.
(broadly, obsolete)Of sputum: forming flat, round shapes (formerly thought to be a symptom of tuberculosis).
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Latin nummulus (“(small amount of) money”) + English -ar (suffix forming adjectives wFrom 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).
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Forms
more nummular, most nummular| Comparative | more nummular Lesson |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form