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n. A small knotlike protuberance.

n. Anatomy A small mass of tissue or aggregation of cells.

n. Botany A small knoblike outgrowth, as those found on the roots of many leguminous plants.

n. Mineralogy A small rounded lump of a mineral or mixture of minerals, usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment.

n. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

n. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

n. A little knot or lump.

n. The peculiar knot upon the roots of leguminous and a few other plants, caused by bacteria. (See nodule-bacteria, under bacterium.) They enable the plant to use atmospheric nitrogen. See root-tubercle.

n. a small node

n. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

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

"A thyroid nodule is a firm lump in the thyroid gland; it may be cancerous or benign (not cancerous)."

node    plant process    enation   

vocal nodules    lymphoid nodules    root nodule    radial nodule    nodule beds    nodules of arantius    nodule-bacteria   

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tumors    lesion    tumour    cyst    ulcer    neoplasm    metastasis    parenchyma    lymphoma    phthisis