tubule

American  

[too-byool, tyoo-] / ˈtu byul, ˈtyu- /

noun

1. a small tube; a minute tubular structure.

2. convoluted tubule.

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tubule British  

/ ˈtjuːbjuːl /

noun

1. any small tubular structure, esp one in an animal, as in the kidney, testis, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tubule

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

Example Sentences

The findings are applicable to other kidney diseases where the renal proximal tubule is damaged, including acute kidney injury that can lead to chronic kidney disease and renal failure, and can be fatal.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

"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

Most of the solutes get reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule by tubular reabsorption.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Gemmules numerous throughout the sponge, spherical, provided with a short, straight foraminal tubule, surrounded by one row of spicules, which are embedded in a rather thin granular coat.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson