"tubule" meaning in English

See tubule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtjuːbjuːl/ [UK], /ˈtubjul/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tubule.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-tubule.wav Forms: tubules [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>tubulus>tube|id=tube}}, {{lbor|en|la|tubulus}} Learned borrowing from Latin tubulus Head templates: {{en-noun}} tubule (plural tubules)
  1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

Inflected forms

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          "word": "connecting tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "desmotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "distal convoluted tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "intertubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "macrotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "Malpighian tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "melanotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "microtubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "Miescher's tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "myotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "nanotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "neurotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "pedotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "proximal convoluted tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "sarcotubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "seminiferous tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "transverse tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "T-tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "T tubule"
        },
        {
          "word": "tubulation"
        },
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          "word": "tubulidentate"
        },
        {
          "word": "tubulitis"
        },
        {
          "word": "tubulization"
        },
        {
          "word": "tubulogenesis"
        },
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          "word": "tubulous"
        },
        {
          "word": "tubulure"
        }
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "tubulitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubulization"
    },
    {
      "word": "tubulogenesis"
    },
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      "word": "tubulous"
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