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Definition of Tube-shaped structure
1. Noun. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure.
Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Specialized synonyms: Tubule, Salpinx, Cochlea, Vas, Vessel
Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Derivative terms: Tubal, Tube, Tube, Tube
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tube-shaped Structure
Literary usage of Tube-shaped structure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Medical Dictionary: Including All the Words and Phrases Used in by George Milbry Gould (1890)
"Tu'bule, or Tu'bulus (dim. of tutus, a tube, pi..':,',: A small tube. In anatomy,
any minute tube-shaped structure. T., Dental, the tubular structure of the ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"A small reddish ant with a brown abdomen was diligently working at a tube-shaped
structure of soft, grayish brown, felt-like material, enclosing the twig in ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1886)
"A small reddish ani with a brown abdomen was diligently working at a tube-shaped
structure of a soft, grayish brown, felt-like material, enclosing the twig ..."
4. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"A minute tube-shaped structure. T., Den'tinal. See Dentinal. TS, Segmen'tal,
those of the Wolffian body. T., Seminiferous, the tubular threads, ..."
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