Definition of Nubecula

1. n. A nebula.

Definition of Nubecula

1. a cloudiness [n NUBECULAE]

Medical Definition of Nubecula

1. 1. A nebula. Specifically, the Magellanic clouds. 2. A slight spot on the cornea. A cloudy object or appearance in urine. Origin: L, dim. Of nubes cloud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nubecula

nubbinesses
nubbing
nubbing cheat
nubbins
nubble
nubbled
nubbles
nubblier
nubbliest
nubbling
nubbly
nubby
nubcake
nubcakes
nubcakez
nubecula (current term)
nubeculae
nubias
nubiferous
nubiferously
nubiform
nubigenous
nubilate
nubilated
nubilates
nubilating
nubiles
nubilities
nubility

Literary usage of Nubecula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Mucus-nubecula The "nubecula" of normal urine is due to mucus. In sediments under the microscope, mucus usually appears as a transparent mass, ..."

2. The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1916)
"Mucus-nubecula The "nubecula" of normal urine is due to mucus. In sediments under the microscope, mucus usually appears as a transparent mass, ..."

3. Atlas of Urinary Sediments: With Special Reference to Their Clinical by Hermann Rieder, Frederick Craven Moore, A. Sheridan Delépine (1899)
"I.—nubecula (Cloudy Deposit, Mucus). In healthy urine small clouds of mucus are always present, being derived from the mucous glands of the urinary passages ..."

4. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1868)
"If we except the cluster of stars in the constellation Toucan,* nubecula Minor is situated in a portion of the heavens barren of stars, ..."

5. Outlines of astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1864)
"In the nubecula minor, the concentration of such objects is less, though still very striking. 37 having been observed within its area, and 6 adjacent, ..."

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