- stippled
- stip·pled (stipґəld) [Dutch stippelen to keep spotting] marked by small spots or flecks.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
stippled
Look at other dictionaries:
stippled — spotted, spattered, sprinkled, mottled, flecked, marbled, speckled, spangled, bespangled (see under SPOT vb)) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Stippled — Stipple Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stippled — [[t]stɪ̱p(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots. The room remains simple with bare, stippled green walls … English dictionary
stippled — sparsely pigmented with melanophores … Dictionary of ichthyology
stippled — Synonyms and related words: bespangled, blotched, blotchy, dotted, dotty, flea bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckly, macular, maculate, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka dot … Moby Thesaurus
stippled — stip·ple || stɪpl v. apply small dots or dabs of paint or ink to a surface … English contemporary dictionary
stippled — adjective having a pattern of dots • Syn: ↑dotted, ↑flecked, ↑specked, ↑speckled • Similar to: ↑patterned … Useful english dictionary
stippled cell — an erythrocyte containing granules of varying size and shape, taking a basic or bluish stain with Wright stain, as in punctate basophilia … Medical dictionary
stippled epiphyses — chondrodysplasia punctata … Medical dictionary
stippled tongue — a tongue on which each papilla is covered with a separate white patch of epithelium; called also dotted t … Medical dictionary
