[1880–85; duct + -ule]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, barnstorm, irredentist, pari-mutuel, rain check-ule is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, originally diminutive nouns (capsule; globule; nodule) or noun derivatives of verbs (ligule)
Examples of 'ductule' in a sentence
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Mycotoxins caused tissue damage in the form of liver bile ductule hyperplasia and karyomegaly.
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