Definitions for tubules

tubules tu·bule

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

Tubules is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in tubules (belstuu).

Definitions for tubules

noun

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

Origin of tubules

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

Examples for tubules

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

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.

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.

Word Value for tubules
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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