| NOUN | body | tubule | a small tube |
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| Sounds | tuw'byuwl | |
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| Rhymes | Blackpool ... Yule: 48 rhymes with uwl... | |
| Meaning | A small tube. | |
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| Narrower | microtubule | A microscopically small tubule |
| nephron, uriniferous tubule | Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney | |
| seminiferous tubule | Any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature | |
| trachea | One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids | |
| uveoscleral pathway | A tubule that drains excess aqueous humor | |
| vasa efferentia | The several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis | |
| Broader | tube, tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
| Spanish | túbulo | |
| Catalan | túbul | |
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