tubule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tubule
1670–80; < Latin tubulus, equivalent to tub ( us ) pipe + -ulus -ule
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It also notes that garlic extract has been explored in areas such as denture stomatitis, dentinal tubule disinfection, and intracanal medication.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
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
As materials pass through the tubule much of the water, required ions, and useful compounds are reabsorbed back into the capillaries that surround the tubules leaving the wastes behind.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The thin wall of the capillaries within each capsule separates the blood from the cavity of the tubule.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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