Antonyms for nodule
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noj-ool |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒdʒ ul |
Definition of nodule
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin nodulus "small knot," diminutive of nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Related: Nodulated; nodulous; nodulation.
- As in node/nodule : noun knot, growth
- As in swelling : noun physical growth; lump
- As in blemish : noun flaw
- As in node : noun bud
- As in bulb : noun globular object
- As in bulge : noun swollen object
- The size of the fish evidently regulated that of the nodule.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller
- Fig. 9 is from Northern Ohio, and is carved from a nodule of iron ore.
- Extract from : « Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans » by William H. Holmes
- The gland, which is seen as a nodule, is drawn forward with forceps.
- Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
- Nature's method of repair was a hypertrophy of the subintimal connective tissue and the formation of a nodule at that point.
- Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
- The first of these cartilages articulates with a nodule situated a little above the middle of the first bone of the sternum.
- Extract from : « Artistic Anatomy of Animals » by douard Cuyer
- Doubtless, an eddy from this hole accounts for the deposit of snow and, by accretions, for the erection of the nodule.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
- When it was opened, out of one nodule came man and from the other woman.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 » by Francisco Colin
- The essential symptoms of glanders are the nodule, the chancre, the glands, and the discharge.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- A sharp-edged, natural flake served for one, and a nodule or fragment served for the other.
- Extract from : « Men of the Old Stone Age » by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- Rind—a deeply weathered area on the outer surface of a nodule or chunk of flint or like material.
- Extract from : « Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types » by James W. Cambron
Synonyms for nodule
- abscess
- appendage
- bagginess
- ball
- beauty spot
- birthmark
- blackhead
- blister
- blob
- bloom
- blot
- blot on the landscape
- blotch
- blur
- boil
- brand
- bruise
- bud
- bug
- bulge
- bump
- bunch
- bunching
- bunion
- burl
- carbuncle
- catch
- chip
- cicatrix
- clot
- contusion
- convexity
- corm
- corn
- defacement
- defect
- deformity
- dent
- dilation
- discoloration
- disfigurement
- disgrace
- dishonor
- distention
- enlargement
- excess
- excrescence
- eyesore
- fault
- freckle
- gibbosity
- globe
- growth
- head
- hickey
- hump
- imperfection
- impurity
- increase
- inflammation
- injury
- intumescence
- jut
- knob
- knot
- knurl
- lentigo
- lump
- macula
- maculation
- mark
- mole
- nevus
- node
- nodulation
- nodule
- nub
- outgrowth
- outthrust
- patch
- pimple
- pock
- pockmark
- projection
- prominence
- promontory
- protrusion
- protuberance
- puff
- puffiness
- pustule
- ridge
- sac
- sagging
- salience
- salient
- scar
- second
- sight
- smudge
- snag
- sore
- speck
- speckle
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- superfluity
- swelling
- taint
- tarnish
- tuber
- tuberosity
- tumefaction
- tumescence
- tumor
- vice
- wale
- wart
- weal
- welt
- whitehead
- zit
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