nummulation

noun

1. The arrangement or aggregation of red blood cells into rouleaux, resembling piles of coins.

   rare

   A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency to cohere immediately after the blood is drawn, thus forming Schultze's grannule-masses, and this process is analogous to the nummulation of the red corpuscules.

Where it comes from

From Latin nummulus (“money”) + -ation. By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ate + -ion.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry nummulation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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