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noun
Any very small duct, typically lactiferous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a very small duct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ductulus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
Narrower terms: sweat duct, biliary ductule
History
From New Latin ductulus, diminutive of Latin ductus. By surface analysis, duct + -ule.
