Definitions for tubule

tubule tu·bule

Spelling: [too-byool, tyoo-]
IPA: /ˈtu byul, ˈtyu-/

Tubule is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in tubule (beltuu).

Definitions for tubule

noun

  1. a small tube; a minute tubular structure.
  2. convoluted tubule.

Origin of tubule

1670-80; Latin tubulus, equivalent to tub(us) pipe + -ulus -ule

Examples for tubule

This tubule, which does not extend beyond the surface of the cellular coat, is liable to be broken off in dried specimens.

A cast, therefore, indicates the condition of the tubule in which it is formed.

The large swollen cells are granular, and very frequently there is a granular mass in the lumen of the tubule.

Inner and outer aperture of the tubule of the same size; their diameter equal to their length and distance.

The thin wall of the capillaries within each capsule separates the blood from the cavity of the tubule.

In some cases the cells are so much swollen that the lumen of the tubule is represented merely by a star-shaped radiating chink.

Word Value for tubule
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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