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nodule

noun

ˈnä-(ˌ)jül

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as in swelling

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Plugged milk duct Plugged milk ducts are usually small, hard, and tender nodules or lumps in the breast. —

Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 29 July 2024 For instance, the oxygen wasn’t due to radioactive substances in the nodules splitting water molecules or the decomposition of oxygen-containing minerals like manganese oxide. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 These nodules contain minerals, such as cobalt and nickel, that green-energy batteries and technologies require. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024 The very nodules that perform this oxygen-generating alchemy are also a mining target for their richness in rare earth metals. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for nodule

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