| has gloss | (noun) a small tube
tubule |
| has gloss | eng: A tubule is a very small tube or fistular structure. |
| has gloss | eng: A tubule is a very small tube. In anatomy, a tubule is a very small tube coated with glandular epithelium. |
| lexicalization | eng: tubule |
| subclass of | (noun) (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
tube, tube-shaped structure |
| has subclass | (noun) a microscopically small tubule
microtubule |
| has subclass | (noun) any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
nephron, uriniferous tubule |
| has subclass | (noun) a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor
uveoscleral pathway |
| has subclass | (noun) any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature
seminiferous tubule |
| has subclass | (noun) the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
vasa efferentia |
| has subclass | (noun) one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids
trachea |