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tubule

Pronunciation:  'toobyool

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a small tube
 
 See Also: microtubule, nephron, seminiferous tubule, trachea, tube, tube-shaped structure, uriniferous tubule, vasa efferentia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tu"bule\, n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a
tube, a pipe.]
1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

2. (Anat.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as,
   the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: A small tube or canal, especially in the kidneys.
 

 

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