"nodule" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "extranodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "flocculonodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "internodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "intranodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "macronodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "manganese nodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "micronodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "muconodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "multinodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulate"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulation"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulectomy"
        },
        {
          "word": "noduliferous"
        },
        {
          "word": "noduliform"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulin"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulize"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulocystic"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulose"
        },
        {
          "word": "nodulous"
        },
        {
          "word": "oligonodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "perinodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "pseudonodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "reticulonodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "Rokitansky nodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "root nodule"
        },
        {
          "word": "uninodular"
        },
        {
          "word": "vocal cord nodule"
        }
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          "text": "Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element zero nodules within their nervous system that react to electric stimuli from the brain. Amplifiers allow biotics to synchronize the nodules so they can form fields large and strong enough for practical use.",
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      ],
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        "A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump."
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "rounded mass",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "nòdul"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "word": "noduuli"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "nodule"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Klumpen"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "word": "mezgls"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "word": "tonatona"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
          "word": "tona"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rounded mass",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "guzek"
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "nodul"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "rounded mass",
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    },
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      "word": "nodulin"
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      "word": "nodulose"
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      "word": "nodulous"
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      "word": "Rokitansky nodule"
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          "text": "Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element zero nodules within their nervous system that react to electric stimuli from the brain. Amplifiers allow biotics to synchronize the nodules so they can form fields large and strong enough for practical use.",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nòdul"
    },
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "word": "noduuli"
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klumpen"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "word": "mezgls"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "word": "tonatona"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "word": "tona"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
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      "word": "nodul"
    },
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      "sense": "rounded mass",
      "word": "nódulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nodule"
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