nummular
adjective
Examples of nummular in a Sentence
Stephanie Watson, SELF, 8 Apr. 2022
Antihistamines at night: For itchy skin that keeps you up at night—which can often happen with atopic or nummular eczema—your provider may recommend taking oral antihistamines (a common allergy treatment) before bed.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 17 Mar. 2023
Doctors generally treat nummular dermatitis with drugs to reduce inflammation and itchiness, the AAD says.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 31 May 2018
Experts aren’t 100 percent sure why people get nummular dermatitis, but risk factors include having injured your skin in some way, having very dry skin, living in a cold, dry area, or having some other form of eczema like atopic dermatitis.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 31 May 2018
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Word History
borrowed from New Latin nummulāris "resembling a coin in shape," from Latin nummulus "coin, (plural) money" (diminutive of nummus "a silver two-drachma coin of southern Italy, any of various later coins, piece of money, coin") + -āris -ar; nummus probably borrowed from Greek nómimos "conforming to custom or law, lawful, legitimate" (as originally modifying sēstertius sesterce or a like word), from nómos "custom, convention, law" + -imos, adjective suffix — more at nomothetic
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“Nummular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nummular. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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nummular
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