nummular

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnʌmjʊlə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnʌmjʊlɚ/ Hyphenation: num‧mul‧ar === Adjective === nummular (comparative more nummular, superlative most nummular) (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to coins or money. Synonyms: monetary, numismatic, nummary, nummulary (by extension) Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped. Synonym: coinlike (pathology) Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders. (pathology, obsolete) Of sputum: forming flat, round shapes (formerly thought to be a symptom of tuberculosis). Synonyms: (obsolete, rare) nummulary, (obsolete) nummulated ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === coin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia nummular (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia