Толковый словарь английского языка - nodule
Nodule
nodule
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin nodulus, diminutive of nodus Date: 15th century a small mass of rounded or irregular shape: as, a small rounded lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate, a swelling on a leguminous root that contains symbiotic bacteria, a small abnormal knobby bodily protuberance (as a tumorous growth or a calcification near an arthritic joint)
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n. 1 a small rounded lump of anything, e.g. flint in chalk, carbon in cast iron, or a mineral on the seabed. 2 a small swelling or aggregation of cells, e.g. a small tumour, node, or ganglion, or a swelling on a root of a legume containing bacteria. Derivatives nodular adj. nodulated adj. nodulation n. nodulose adj. nodulous adj. Etymology: L nodulus dimin. of nodus: see NODUS NODUS n. (pl. nodi) a knotty point, a difficulty, a complication in the plot of a story etc. Etymology: L, = knot ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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