tubule

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːbjuːl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtubjul/

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Noun

tubule (plural tubules)

1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

   renal tubule

Derived terms

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

 

Latin

Noun

tubule

1. vocative singular of tubulus