- Look up
nodule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nodule may
refer to:
Nodule (geology), a
small rock or
mineral cluster Manganese nodule, a metallic...
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Thyroid nodules are
nodules (raised
areas of
tissue or fluid)
which commonly arise within an
otherwise normal thyroid gland. They may be hyperplastic...
- Root
nodules are
found on the
roots of plants,
primarily legumes, that form a
symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Under nitrogen-limiting conditions...
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Polymetallic nodules, also
called manganese nodules, are
mineral concretions on the sea
bottom formed of
concentric layers of iron and
manganese hydroxides...
- In medicine,
nodules are
small firm lumps,
usually greater than 1 cm in diameter. If
filled with
fluid they are
referred to as cysts.
Smaller (less than...
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Examples include pyrite nodules in coal, a
chert nodule in limestone, or a
phosphorite nodule in
marine shale. Normally, a
nodule has a
warty or ****by...
- A cold
nodule is a
thyroid nodule that does not
produce thyroid hormone. On a
radioactive iodine uptake test a cold
nodule takes up less
radioactive material...
- A lung
nodule or
pulmonary nodule is a
relatively small focal density in the lung. A
solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) or coin lesion, is a m**** in the...
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Vocal cord
nodules are
bilaterally symmetrical benign white m****es that form at the
midpoint of the
vocal folds.
Although diagnosis involves a physical...
- medicine, the
Sister Mary
Joseph nodule (sometimes
Sister Mary
Joseph node or
Sister Mary
Joseph sign)
refers to a
palpable nodule bulging into the umbilicus...
