tu·bule (t  byl, ty-)n. A very small tube or tubular structure. [Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus, tube.] |
tubule [ˈtjuːbjuːl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any small tubular structure, esp one in an animal, as in the kidney, testis, etc.
[from Latin tubulus a little tube]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 |
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