- Look up
nodule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nodule may
refer to:
Nodule (geology), a
small rock or
mineral cluster Manganese nodule, a metallic...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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Thyroid nodules are
nodules (raised
areas of
tissue or fluid)
which commonly arise within an
otherwise normal thyroid gland. They may be hyperplastic...
- Koeppe's
nodules are
small nodules seen at the
inner margin of the iris in
patients with
granulomatous anterior uveitis,
which occurs in
conditions such...
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Lisch nodule, also
known as iris hamartoma, is a
pigmented hamartomatous nodular aggregate of
dendritic melanocytes affecting the iris,
named after Austrian...
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contrasting composition, such as a
pyrite nodule in coal, a
chert nodule in limestone, or a
phosphorite nodule in
marine shale, from the
enclosing sediment...
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rheumatoid nodules:
subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules,
cardiac nodules,
pulmonary nodules, and
central nervous systems nodules.
These nodules occur almost...
