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‖ tubulus|ˈtjuːbjʊləs|
Pl. tubuli |-aɪ|.
[dim. of L. tubus tube.]
1. = tubule; in Entom. a tubular ovipositor.
[1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Tubuli, small little pipes, the veins and very small arteries, or little hollow parts of the bowels so called. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Tubuli Lactiferi, certain Lactiferous..Pipes..through which [the milk] flows to the Nipples. ]1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 390 Tubulus. A tubular ovipositor, consisting of several pieces often retractile within each other, like the tubes of a telescope. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 565 The tubuli serving to convey nutrition from the pulp to the periphery.
2. = tubulure.
c1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. IV. 784 A small tubulated receiver, from the tubulus of which a tube..is in air-tight communication. |