nodular

English

Etymology

From nodule +‎ -ar.

Adjective

nodular (comparative more nodular, superlative most nodular)

1. Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
2. Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.

   Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.

   The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

     The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

Derived terms

• acinonodular
• extranodular
• fibronodular
• granulonodular
• internodular
• lymphonodular
• macronodular
• micronodular
• muconodular
• multinodular
• nodularity
• nonnodular
• papulonodular
• paranodular
• perinodular
• pseudonodular
• reticulonodular
• septonodular
• uninodular

 

Translations

of or relating to a nodule or modules

• French: nodulaire (fr)
• Spanish: nodular

similar in form to a nodule

• French: nodulaire (fr)
• Spanish: nodular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noduˈlaɾ/ [no.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: no‧du‧lar

Adjective

nodular m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodulares)

1. nodular

Further reading

• “nodular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28