nodular
[noj-uh-ler]
Origin of nodular
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Related Words for nodular
rugged, rocky, coarse, bumpy, fuzzy, choppy, harsh, sharp, ridged, bearded, jagged, broken, tangled, nappy, disheveled, tousled, ruffled, wrinkled, chapped, bristlyExamples from the Web for nodular
Historical Examples of nodular
Also, nodular or kidney-shaped masses of what the quarrymen call plaster-eggs—apparently snowy gypsum.
The nodular type, however, may occur in the aorta alone, the branches remaining free.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
This may be seen especially at Goslar, where the nodular lumps of dark grey colour are called vitriol stone (lapis atramenti).
De Re MetallicaGeorgius Agricola
Misy when it effloresces in no great quantity from the others is like a kind of pollen, otherwise it is nodular.
De Re MetallicaGeorgius Agricola
When nodular growths can be felt in the free border or surface of the liver, the diagnosis is generally easily established.
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