nodule
pronunciation
How to pronounce nodule in British English:
UK [ˈnɒdju:l]
How to pronounce nodule in American English:
US [ˈnɑdʒul]
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- Noun:
- a small node
- small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
- (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
Word Origin
- nodule
- nodule: see noose
- nodule (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin nodulus "small knot," diminutive of nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Related: Nodulated; nodulous; nodulation.
Example
- 1. This nodule was partially excised for histologic examination .
- 2. Study on the application of peanut nitrogen-fixing nodule bacteria .
- 3. Marine geology data : scripps institution of oceanography ferromanganese nodule analysis file .
- 4. Autoimmune thyroid disease ; thyroid nodule ; radiation dose response relationship .
- 5. To zero in on the nodule that imposes willpower , hare and his colleagues scanned the brains of 37 people who called themselves dieters .