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tu·bule  (tbyl, ty-)

n.

A very small tube or tubular structure.

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[Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus, tube.]

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tubule [tube-yewl]

Noun

any small tubular structure, esp. in an animal or plant

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tubule - a small tube                         tube-shaped structure, tube - (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure microtubule - a microscopically small tubule nephron, uriniferous tubule - any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney uveoscleral pathway - a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor seminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature vasa efferentia - the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis trachea - one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids