nodule

nodule

noun

Definition of NODULE

a small rounded mass of swollen tissue <a nodule on the leaf indicated that a worm had laid eggs there>

Synonyms knot, lump, node, nodule, swelling

Related Words growth, tumor, wart; hump, hunch; bruise, contusion, welt; blister, boil; blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad