TUBULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tubule mean? 

• TUBULE (noun)
  The noun TUBULE has 1 sense:

1. a small tube

  Familiarity information: TUBULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

tube; tube-shaped structure ((anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure)

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

microtubule (a microscopically small tubule)

nephron; uriniferous tubule (any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney)

uveoscleral pathway (a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor)

seminiferous tubule (any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature)

vasa efferentia (the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis)

trachea (one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids)

 Context examples 

The renal tubules filter the blood and produce urine.

(Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

The descending limb of the U-shaped portion of the renal tubule.

(Descending Limb of Henle's Loop, NCI Thesaurus)

The ascending limb of the U-shaped portion of the renal tubule.

(Ascending Limb of Henle's Loop, NCI Thesaurus)

Norfloxacin concentrates in the renal tubules and bladder and is bactericidal against a wide range of aerobic gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.

(Norfloxacin, NCI Thesaurus)

Demeclocycline also inhibits the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules, thereby causing diuresis.

(Demeclocycline, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, benign neoplasm that arises from the Bartholin gland and is characterized by the presence of clustered glands and tubules lined by mucin-secreting epithelial cells.

(Bartholin Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue.

(Nephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

The tubules that carry lymph throughout the body that are in the interior of the body or limbs.

(Deep Lymphatic Vessel, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by deficient re-absorption of cystine in the proximal tubules of the kidney.

(Cystinuria, NCI Thesaurus)

A low grade carcinoma of the kidney characterized by the presence of tubules which are separated by mucinous stroma.

(Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)