nodular

adj — 2 senses

nodular

adj

Etymology From nodule + -ar.

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.

1 more example

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[…]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:

Derived terms: acinonodular, extranodular, fibronodular, granulonodular, internodular, lymphonodular, macronodular, micronodular, muconodular, multinodular, nodularity, nonnodular, papulonodular, paranodular, perinodular, pseudonodular, reticulonodular, septonodular, uninodular

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