nummularadj.
/ˈnʌmjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈnəmjələr/ΚΠ
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Nummular, of or pertaining to money.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Nummular, relating to money.
2. Medicine.† a. Designating sputum that forms a flattened, rounded mass when expectorated (thought to be characteristic of tuberculosis). Cf. earlier nummulary adj. 2, nummulated adj. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > coughed or spat up > of sputa: coin-shaped
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nummulated1844
1839 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 2) 587/2 Nummular, an epithet applied to the sputa in phthisis, when they flatten at the bottom of the vessel, like a piece of money.
1859 J. C. Peters Sci. & Art Med. I. ii. 397 No nummular sputa.
1870 J. R. Cormack tr. A. Trousseau Lect. Clin. Med. III. 156 The expectoration..had the characters of phthisical expectoration, the globular, nummular sputa floating in nearly clear serosity.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 166 The sputum was frothy on admission, but subsequently became nummular.
1886 F. Troup Sputum v. 151 If the expectoration dish is free of water, then the spit spreads out into a flat orbicular mass, called ‘nummular’ from its resemblance to a coin.
b. Designating or characterized by lesions, esp. of the skin or cornea, that are well-circumscribed and round.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics
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elvishc1386
dryc1400
whitec1450
Naples1507
shaking1528
cold1569
exquisite1583
unpure1583
waterish1583
wandering1585
legitimate1615
sulphureous1625
tetrous1637
cagastrical1662
medical1676
ambulatory1684
ebullient1684
frantic1709
animated1721
progressive1736
cagastric1753
vegetative1803
left-handed1804
specific1804
subacute1811
animate1816
gregarious1822
vernal1822
ambilateral1824
subchronic1831
regressive1845
nummular1866
postoperative1872
ambulant1873
non-surgical1888
progredient1891
spodogenous1897
spodogenic19..
non-invasive1932
early-onset1951
adult-onset1957
non-specific1964
1866 C. H. Fagge tr. F. Hebra On Dis. Skin I. i. 23 Discus (Scheibe), discoides, nummularis, are terms given to those eruptions of which the appearance is like a coin, or a flat round plate, and the designation scutulatus, scutiformis, is applied to those forms of skin-affection which, though round, are not discoid or nummular, but shield-like or saucer-shaped, that is to say, excavated in the centre.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 553 Spots intermediate in size between the guttate and nummular.
1941 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 44 1060 The name nummular eczema denotes the appearance of the discrete, coin-shaped patches of this condition.
1968 Postgrad. Med. 43 215 (title) How I treat nummular eczema.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. v. 263/1 Nummular keratitis, retinal thrombophlebitis, and uveitis are rare complications.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 1224/1 These visual symptoms are associated with the development of sharply demarcated, nummular areas of chorioretinal atrophy.
3. Having the shape or form of a coin or roll of coins.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [adjective] > type of cautery
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nummular1846
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 15 All these [cauteries] may be very well reduced to three. The oval, octagonal, and nummular.
1858 H. Gray Anat. 561 Its component particles are flattened, looking like pieces of money seen edgeways; hence it has been called by Bowman, the nummular layer.
1971 M. Dolley in P. Clemoes & K. Hughes Eng. before Conquest 345 A nummular brooch is one that gives the impression of a mounted coin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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