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Definitions of nodule
  1. noun
    small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

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  2. noun
    a small node
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  3. noun
    (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
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Definition that contains nodule
  • leprosy chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
  • chancre a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
  • geode (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
  • tubercularia type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants
  • genus rhizobium the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen
  • nodular relating to or characterized by or having nodules
  • bacteroid a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
  • noduled having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
  • xanthoma a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism
  • desert rheumatism an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules
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