nodule
Meaning of nodule
noun
- a small swelling or aggregation of cells in the body, especially an abnormal one.
the area feels firm but has irregular nodules which can be painful to touch
laparotomy showed white nodules in the liver
- a small rounded lump of matter distinct from its surroundings, e.g. of flint in chalk, carbon in cast iron, or a mineral on the seabed.
flint nodules
in the coal pits nodules of iron ore were mined
late Middle English: from Latin nodulus, diminutive of nodus ‘knot’.
Information about nodule
- It is a name.
- The plural form of nodule is: nodules.
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Hyphenation of nodule
nod-ule
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- nodule is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
nodule synonyms
Meaning tubercle:
Translation of nodule
Anagrams of nodule
Donelu, louden, louned, noulde, ondule
Words that rhyme with nodule
dule, cedule, enschedule, pedule, preschedule, reschedule, scedule, schedule, subschedule, amygdule, Seidule, plastidule, Camaldule, glandule, ondule, pendule, bimodule, hierodule, iconodule, intermodule, micromodule, module, submodule
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