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1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
2. <anatomy> A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.
Origin: F. Tubule, or L. Tubulus, dim. Of tubus a tube, a pipe.
(01 Mar 1998)
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