| 单词 | nodule |
| 释义 | nodule (once / 8041 pages) n A nodule is a small, raised bump under the skin. You might notice a nodule on the top of your foot after spraining your ankle. Any solid bump or node that you can feel just beneath your skin is a nodule. You may have noticed nodules in your neck when you have a sore throat or a nodule on your shin where you bumped it into the coffee table. Another kind of nodule is very similar, but appears on a plant's surface. The Latin root word is nodulus, "small knot," from nodus, or "knot." WORD FAMILYnodule: nodular, nodules+/nodular: nodularly USAGE EXAMPLES"The removal of these nodules may therefore put the lifecycle of these octopods at risk." BBC(Dec 19, 2016) He would keep touching the nodules on his neck, where the cancer had announced itself. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Many have plastic nodules stuck to their skull, to allow the nurses to attach them to a drip. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) 1n a small node Hyper node any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part 2n small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant Syn|Hyper tubercle enation, plant process a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ 3n (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) Hypo|Hyper geode (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals hunk, lump a large piece of something without definite shape |
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