Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nummulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: num-mu-la-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Examples of the other blood coagulation system measurement items include coagulation of blood (blood clotting), …, nummulation of red blood cells, blood aggregation, …, and fibrinolysis."

Etymology

From Latin nummulus (“money”) + -ation. By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ate + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nummulus
Suffix: -ation

Inflected Forms

nummulations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nummular

Questions

What does nummulation mean?: The arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.
Where does nummulation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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