tubule [
'tju:bju:l]
tubule[ noun ]
a small tube
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Tubule \Tu"bule\, n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a
tube, a pipe.]
1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
2. (Anat.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as,
the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.