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NODULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
Example:
nodular ores
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unshapely (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape)
Derivation:
nodule (a small node)
nodule ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))
nodule (small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or characterized by or having nodules
Example:
Nodular vaginitis
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
nodule (a small node)
Derivation:
nodule (a small node)
nodule ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))
nodule (small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant)
Context examples:
A benign, small, papular or nodular skin neoplasm that usually arises above the upper lip.
(Pilar Sheath Acanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually presents as a solitary, slow-growing nodular mass.
(Pilomatricoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Sporadic nodular enlargement of the thyroid gland that is not associated with changes in thyroid function or malignancy.
(Non-Toxic Nodular Goiter, NCI Thesaurus)
It presents as a papular or nodular raised skin lesion.
(Nodular Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma may change into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
(nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
A solitary, slowly growing nodular mass, most often affecting the extremities.
(Cutaneous Fibrous Histiocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A syndrome characterized by multiple, benign nodular smooth muscle neoplasms of the esophagus, tracheobronchial tree and the genitourinary tract.
(Diffuse Leiomyomatosis Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, nodular neoplasm that arises from the breast parenchyma.
(Benign Breast Adenomyoepithelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
It presents as a nodular or polypoid skin lesion.
(Balloon Cell Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually presents as a painful ulcerated or nodular lesion.
(Anterior Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
