tubule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tubule
1670–80; < Latin tubulus, equivalent to tub ( us ) pipe + -ulus -ule
Example Sentences
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"Although these markers were expressed in both the normal and the cystinosis-derived hiPSCs, the genesis of the tubule was impaired in the cystinosis-derived cells, mimicking what happens in infantile cystinosis."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
The researchers were able to efficiently differentiate the hiPSCs into the kidney proximal tubule, the type of nephron in the kidney that is impaired in infantile cystinosis, as well as in other kidney diseases.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
"Unlike in other studies, we were able to retain a number of markers in the tubule that are physiologically important in the kidney's reabsorptive functions," says Taub.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
Beating cilia at the opening of the nephridium draw water from the coelom into a tubule.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
XX., with the thought in mind that the stipe in each case may have served as a capillary tubule to carry up the spore-plasm to the position in which the spores at length are found.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
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