tubule

[too-byool, tyoo-] /ˈtu byul, ˈtyu-/

noun

a small tube; a minute tubular structure.

Origin

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

Examples from the web for tubule

Red blood cell casts are a sign of bleeding into the kidney tubule.
Some inheritable mutations cause gradual damage to the cells that work on the tubule side of the glomerular filtration membrane.
Within a few years, he had figured out how to coax these cells to form mature tubule structures in the lab.

British Dictionary definitions for tubule

/ˈtjuːbjuːl/

noun

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

Word Origin

C17: from Latin tubulus a little tube

tubule in Medicine

tubule tu·bule (tōō'byōōl, tyōō'-)
n.
A very small tube or tubular structure; tubulus.