nummular /num·mu·lar/ (num´u-ler)
1. coin-sized and coin-shaped.
2. made up of round, flat disks.
3. arranged like a stack of coins.
num·mu·lar (n m y -lr)adj. 1. Shaped like a coin; disk-shaped. Used especially of the thick mucous or mucopurulent sputum in certain respiratory diseases because of the discoid shape assumed when it is flattened on the bottom of a sputum mug containing water or transparent disinfectant. 2. Arranged like stacks of coins. Used of red blood corpuscles in rouleaux formation. |
nummular
1. coin-sized and coin-shaped.
2. made up of round, flat disks.
3. arranged like a stack of coins.
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