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Meaning of "tubule" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUBULE

From Latin tubulus a little tube.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TUBULE

tubule  [ˈtjuːbjuːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUBULE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tubule is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUBULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tubule

A tubule is: ▪ a small tube or fistular structure ▪ a minute tube lined with glandular epithelium ▪ any hollow cylindrical body structure ▪ a minute canal found in various structures or organs of the body ▪ a slender elongated anatomical channel...

Definition of tubule in the English dictionary

The definition of tubule in the dictionary is any small tubular structure, esp one in an animal, as in the kidney, testis, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUBULE


barbule
ˈbɑːbjuːl
capsule
ˈkæpsjuːl
cellule
ˈsɛljuːl
globule
ˈɡlɒbjuːl
granule
ˈɡrænjuːl
lobule
ˈlɒbjuːl
microtubule
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈtjuːbjuːl
minuscule
ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl
module
ˈmɒdjuːl
molecule
ˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
mule
mjuːl
nebule
ˈnɛbjuːl
reschedule
riːˈʃɛdjuːl
ridicule
ˈrɪdɪˌkjuːl
schedule
ˈʃɛdjuːl
somnambule
sɒmˈnæmbjuːl
tulle
tjuːl
vestibule
ˈvɛstɪˌbjuːl
you´ll
juːl
yule
juːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUBULE

tuboplasty
Tubuai Islands
tubular
tubular bells
tubular steel
tubular steel chair
tubularian
tubularity
tubularly
tubulate
tubulation
tubulator
tubulature
tubulifloral
tubuliflorous
tubulin
tubulose
tubulous
tubulously
tubulure

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUBULE

ampoule
as a rule
boule
Brule
golden rule
home rule
joule
nodule
on schedule
pilule
poule
pule
pustule
rule
the rule
Thule
time capsule
tule
virgule
work-to-rule

Synonyms and antonyms of tubule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tubule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUBULE

Find out the translation of tubule to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tubule from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tubule» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小管
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

túbulo
570 millions of speakers

English

tubule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोटी नली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نبيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трубочка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

túbulo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট পাইপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tubule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tubule
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Röhrchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

尿細管
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tubule
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ống nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறுகுழாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नलिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

borucuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tubulo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kanalików
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трубочка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tubilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σωληναρίων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tubuli
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tubule
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tubule

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUBULE»

The term «tubule» is regularly used and occupies the 77.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUBULE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tubule» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tubule» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tubule

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUBULE»

Discover the use of tubule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tubule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Concepts in Medical Physiology
The tubule's parts have separate names: the proximal tubule, loop ofHenle, distal tubule, collecting duct, and a regulatory structure called the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Transport takes place in every part of the tubule. The epithelial cells are ...
Julian Seifter, David Sloane, Austin Ratner, 2005
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Medical Phisiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine
At the end of the proximal convoluted tubule the ratio TFIN/PIN is usually slightly higher than 3, leading to the conclusion that about 70% of filtered water is reabsorbed by this nephron segment. In the final urine, the IN concentration may be ...
Rodney A. Rhoades, David R. Bell, 2012
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Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of ...
The nephron beyond the glomerulus exhibits remarkable heterogeneity along its length. Four segments of the nephron are especially relevant to the pharmacology of body volume regulation (Fig. 20-5). These are the proximal tubule, the TAL ...
David E. Golan, 2008
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Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Immediately after the filtrate is formed, uncontrolled osmotic reabsorption of filtered H2O occurs in the proximal tubule secondary to active Na1 reabsorption. As a result, by the end of the proximal tubule, about 65% of the fil- trate has been  ...
Lauralee Sherwood, 2012
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Essential Medical Physiology
FIGURE 5 Reabsorption of solutes and water in the proximal tubule. Approximately two-thirds of the filtered solute and water is reabsorbed along the proximal tubule. The remainder is passed to the descending limb of the loop of Henle. fluid ...
Leonard R. Johnson, John H. Byrne, 2003
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Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals
If such substances can readily pass through the glomerular filtration barrier and are not reabsorbed from the renal tubules, they are rapidly eliminated via the urine. Proximal Tubule Transport The proximal convoluted tubule is the longest of the ...
Rowen D. Frandson, W. Lee Wilke, Anna Dee Fails, 2013
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Critical Care Nephrology
Explore the normal transport functions of the proximal tubule. 2. Describe the metabolic functions of the proximal tubule. 3. Explain the regulation of transport in the proximal tubule. 4. Review the pathophysiological disturbances of transport in  ...
Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, John A. Kellum, 2008
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Principles of Renal Physiology
The purpose of the book is to set out the principles of renal physiology and normal renal function. Now in its 30th year of continuous publication, this new edition offers a logical progression through renal physiology and pathophysiology.
Christopher Lote, 2012
9
Advanced Biology
Table 17.1 The relative amounts of various substances filtered, reabsorbed and excreted by the kidney of an adult human on a normal diet. proximal convoluted tubule Bowman's renal fluid capsule micropipette coloured oil droplet oil droplet ...
Michael Roberts, Michael Jonathan Reiss, Grace Monger, 2000
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CURR TOPICS IN MEMBRANES & TRANSPORT
V. PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE AND STRAIGHT TUBULE Most micropuncture investigations of the proximal convoluted tubule have shown that potassium reabsorption is proportional to that in sodium and water. Recent studies ...
Felix Bronner, Gerhard H. Giebisch, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUBULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tubule is used in the context of the following news items.
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Acute kidney injury IL-34 promotes persistent ischaemia-induced AKI
They first noted that expression of IL-34 was robustly induced in renal tubule epithelial cells (TECs) acutely after I/R-induced injury in mice. Conversely, both ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Mice with Flcn knockout in proximal tubules—an in vivo model for …
A new mouse tumour model in which the expression of folliculin from Flcn in the renal proximal tubule is knocked out provides a novel platform to study renal ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Here's How Men Make 200 Million Sperm Every Day
About 300 bundles of seminiferous tubules lurk beneath the fibrous wall of a testis. Each bundle contains one to three tubules, each ranging in length from one ... «Gizmodo UK, Jun 15»
4
3D nano-images reveal 'bicycle spoke' structure of heart cells that …
These 'spokes', called T-tubules carry an electrical signal from the outside of the cell to the inside and are necessary for the coordinated transmission of the ... «Nanowerk, Jun 15»
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Miniature Device Could Unlock the Promise of Some Kidney Cancer …
Proximal tubule of the kidney. A cross section of a proximal tubule in the kidney captured by scanning electron microscopy. A new nanoparticle could make it ... «Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Jun 15»
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Novel target identified for treatment of proliferative diabetic …
Treatment with an ANGPTL4-blocking antibody reduced the ability of ocular aqueous fluid from PDR patients to foster endothelial cell tubule growth, an in vitro ... «2 Minute Medicine, Jun 15»
7
Acute kidney injury Proximal tubule cells modulate inflammation …
Expression of kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) correlates with damage to the proximal tubule in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD), but little ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
8
Vasectomy reversal: Microsurgical epididymovasostomy (two-suture …
Specifically, he has dissected out one individual epididymal tubule and freed up the vas deferens in order to ensure a tension free anastomosis. He has then ... «ModernMedicine, Jan 15»
9
An innovative way to relieve dentinal hypersensitivity
Whatever a patient's sources of pain generation, the root cause of dentinal hypersensitivity originates from exposed dentinal tubules. Factors leading to exposed ... «RDH, Nov 14»
10
Dentine hypersensitivity
Dentine is full of millions of minute tubules, running from the pulp to the junction between the dentine and enamel, linking the dental pulp to the inner surface of ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Sep 14»

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