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tubule

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtjuːbjuːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈtubjul/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 B Y UW0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • renal tubule

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small tube

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tube, tube-shaped structure

Narrower terms: microtubule, nephron, uriniferous tubule, uveoscleral pathway, seminiferous tubule, vasa efferentia, trachea

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus.