(n) A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English.
There was a 4 mm nodular opacity in the right lower lung. A ct scan of 10/06 showed linear scarring in both lungs but no mention of nodules. A chest xray in 4/2007 showed a round density in the right perihilar region.
adularia (plural adularias) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine). Related terms . adularescence; adularescent