Nummulation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope. rare

    "A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency to cohere immediately after the blood is drawn, thus forming Schultze's grannule-masses, and this process is analogous to the nummulation of the red corpuscules."

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"A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency to cohere immediately after the blood is drawn, thus forming Schultze's grannule-masses, and this process is analogous to the nummulation of the red corpuscules."

Etymology

From Latin nummulus (“money”).

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