nodule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒdjuːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑd͡ʒul/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdjuːl, -ɒdʒuːl

Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

1. (medicine, dermatology) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Biotic Amps Codex entry:

     Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element zero nodules within their nervous system that react to electric stimuli from the brain. Amplifiers allow biotics to synchronize the nodules so they can form fields large and strong enough for practical use.

Derived terms

• extranodular
• flocculonodular
• internodular
• intranodular
• Lisch nodule
• macronodule
• manganese nodule
• micronodule
• milker's nodule
• muconodular
• multinodular
• nodular
• nodulate
• nodulation
• nodulectomy
• noduled
• noduliferous
• noduliform
• nodulin
• nodulization
• nodulize
• nodulizing
• nodulocystic
• nodulose
• nodulous
• oligonodular
• papulonodule
• perinodular
• pseudonodule
• reticulonodular
• Rokitansky nodule
• root nodule
• uninodular
• vocal cord nodule

Translations

rounded mass

• Catalan: nòdul m
• Finnish: noduuli (fi)
• French: nodule (fr) m
• German: Klumpen (de) m
• Italian: nodulo (it) m
• Latvian: mezgls (lv)
• Māori: tonatona, tona
• Polish: guzek (pl) m
• Portuguese: nódulo (pt) m
• Romanian: nodul (ro) n
• Spanish: nódulo (es)

Anagrams

• edunol, Oundle, louned, Louden, louden

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”).

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Noun

nodule m (plural nodules)

1. nodule, lump

Further reading

• “nodule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ondule, ondulé

Latin

Noun

nōdule

1. vocative singular of nōdulus