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Definition of "tubule" [tu•bule]

  • A very small tube or tubular structure. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tubule" in a sentence
  • "The third segment of the tubule is the distal convoluted tubule, which is again found in the cortex."
  • "Small female students of different classes presented tubule, national anthem, national songs, cultural demonstration and other so many colorful performance who enthralled the audiences."
  • "When I snapped my first picture under the electron microscope, I was breathless at the detail of the image: I could see the long, lovely arch of the interior of a seminiferous tubule and a great mass of flagella whipping out into the lumen."