nodular

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adjective

Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.

“The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.”

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Meanings

adjectivenodular (comparative more nodular, superlative most 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.

    The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.

    2 more examples

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

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving nodules or occurring in the form of nodules

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinnōdus
  2. Latinnōdulu
  3. Englishnodule
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Englishnodular

From nodule + -ar.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French nodulaire, nodulaire
  • nodulaireof or relating to a nodule or modules
  • nodulairesimilar in form to a nodule
Portuguese nodular, nodular
  • nodularof or relating to a nodule or modules
  • nodularsimilar in form to a nodule
Spanish nodular, nodular
  • nodularof or relating to a nodule or modules
  • nodularsimilar in form to a nodule
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“nodular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nodular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nodular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nodular.

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