NODULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nodule mean? 

• NODULE (noun)
  The noun NODULE has 3 senses:

1. a small node

2. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

3. (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

  Familiarity information: NODULE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NODULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small node

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):

node (any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part)

Derivation:

nodular (having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules)

nodular (relating to or characterized by or having nodules)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

nodule; tubercle

Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Derivation:

nodular (having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules)

nodular (relating to or characterized by or having nodules)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("nodule" is a kind of...):

hunk; lump (a large piece of something without definite shape)

Domain category:

mineralogy (the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nodule"):

geode ((mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals)

Derivation:

nodular (having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules)

nodular (relating to or characterized by or having nodules)

 Context examples 

A benign tumor-like nodule composed of an overgrowth of mature cells and tissues which is present at birth.

(Congenital Hamartoma, NICHD)

A type of tumor that begins as a hard nodule and grows slowly.

(Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, NCI Dictionary)

A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

(Methoxsalen With Ultraviolet A Therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Cold nodules are sometimes called hypofunctioning nodules.

(Cold nodule, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by the presence of purple, red-blue, or dark brown macular lesions, plaques and nodules.

(Classic Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The part of the spleen that consists of nodules and other lymphatic concentrations.

(Murine White Pulp, NCI Thesaurus)

Normal tissue characterized by the presence of well defined parenchymal nodules.

(Nodular Parenchymal Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibrous degeneration, cyst formation, and the presence of fibrous nodules in bone, usually due to HYPERPARATHYROIDISM.

(Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Morphologically, there are nodules of tubular glands and occasional papillary structures growing in dilated ducts.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma in which the tumor elements are arranged as finger-like processes or as a solid spherical nodule projecting from an epithelial surface.

(Papillary Cystadenocarcinoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)