nummular

[ nuhm-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. pertaining to coins or money; nummary.
2. having the shape of a coin; flat and circular or oval in form.
3. Pathology. composed of round, flat disks:

   nummular skin lesions.

nummular

/ ˈnʌmjʊlə /

adjective

1. shaped like a coin; disc-shaped; circular

Word History and Origins

Origin of nummular¹

1725–35; < Latin nummul ( ī ) petty cash, small change ( numm ( us ) coin + -ulī, plural of -ulus -ule ) + -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of nummular¹

C19: from Latin nummulus a small coin

Example Sentences

Of bad omen are intense hectic fever, incessant cough with abundant nummular sputa, copious perspirations, diarrhoea, breathing growing shorter and shorter, and extreme emaciation and debility.

From Project Gutenberg

It was that of a woman who entered the hospital suffering from influenza, and who, a few days after a slight amelioration of her symptoms, was attacked with a pulmonary congestion, clearly localized in the top of the left lung, and accompanied by all the clinical symptoms of tuberculosis—r�les and moist crepitation, dulness, exaggeration of the thoracic vibration, nummular expectoration, fever, perspiration, spitting of blood—everything was there.

From Project Gutenberg