tubule
/ˈtjuːbjuːl//ˈtubjul/
tubule noun: a small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
Noun
tubule (plural tubules)
tubule meaning in Tamil and Urdu
tubule in Tamil
- சிறுகுழாய், நுண்குழல், நுண்குழாய்
tubule in Urdu
- باریک نلکی
Examples of tubule in a sentence
- Spermatoceles are intrascrotal cysts containing sperm that derive from the small tubules of the epididymis.
- In accordance with previous studies we immunolocalised both PEPCK and G6PC to the proximal tubules of the kidney cortex.
- A protonephridium is a network of tubules that lack internal openings as is found in platyhelminths and rotiferans.
Forms of tubule
| plural | tubules |
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Origin of tubule
Learned borrowing from Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus.
Words formed from tubule
- connecting tubule
- Cuvierian tubule
- dentinal 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
- tubuliform
- tubulitis
- tubulization
- tubulogenesis
- tubulous
- tubulure
Questions about tubule
- What does tubule mean?
- Tubule means a small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
- What is tubule in Tamil?
- Tubule in Tamil is சிறுகுழாய், நுண்குழல், நுண்குழாய். See Tubule meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tubule?
- Tubule is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tubule?
- Tubule is pronounced /ˈtjuːbjuːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tubule?
- The plural of tubule is tubules.
Words near tubule in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tubule (page history and authors); tubule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tubule (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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