tubule
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1. a small tube (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | microtubule, |
| definition | : | a microscopically small tubule (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nephron, uriniferous tubule, |
| definition | : | any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | seminiferous tubule, |
| definition | : | any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | vasa efferentia, |
| definition | : | the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | trachea, |
| definition | : | one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids (noun.body) |
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