Значення

значень: 2
  1. A small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.

    a small node

  2. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.

    Klumpen

    (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

Приклади

речень: 4
  1. We're going to have to do a biopsy on the nodule.

  2. Polymetallic nodules are potato-sized lumps found in the seabed that contain metals used in battery manufacturing and high-tech industries.

  3. They found a nodule on Mary's thyroid.

  4. The MRI showed a nodule in the patient's lung.

Deutsch
За значеннями 1
rounded mass:

Походження

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

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