Tubule

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:58:20

Tu"bule (?), n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, a pipe.]

1.

A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

2. Anat.

A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

 

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