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Definition of Tubule
1. Noun. A small tube.
Specialized synonyms: Microtubule, Nephron, Uriniferous Tubule, Uveoscleral Pathway, Seminiferous Tubule, Vasa Efferentia, Trachea
Definition of Tubule
1. n. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
Definition of Tubule
1. Noun. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tubule
1. a small tube [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tubule
1.
1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubule
Literary usage of Tubule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"In this part of its course it is spoken of as the spiral tubule. Still continuing
its radial course, the tubule, suddenly diminishing very much in width, ..."
2. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"In this part of its course it is spoken of as the spiral tubule. Still continuing
its radial course, the tubule, suddenly diminishing very much in width ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"A small portion of the apex of the large tubule lobe, showing the ampulla-like
enlargements of the long tubule as it bends around the short loop ; also the ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Beyond this the tubule becomes convoluted, and pursues a considerable course in
the cortical substance constituting the proximal convoluted tube. ..."
5. Practical Pathology: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by German Sims Woodhead (1892)
"The tubule throughout its whole length is composed of a basement membrane, resting
on which is a layer of epithelial cells. These epithelial cells vary ..."
6. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"Each vesicle becomes elongated, making an S-shaped tubule (Fig. 309, B, C), and
its outer or upper end unites with the collecting tubule (Fig. 309, D). ..."
7. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"Each of these except the preseptal tubule and the short, brownish, ... The latter
tubule communicates with the wide, large tubule by means of a distended ..."
8. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1917)
"One such metanephric sphere is formed for each new tubule. ... The vesicle
elongates, its thicker outer wall forming an S-shaped tubule which unites with a ..."
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