nodule

IPA: nˈɑdʒuɫ

Examples of "nodule" in Sentences

The doctor found a new "nodule" where the original cancer had been.
"I'd rather use the word nodule," Tom replied with his signature sense of humor.
A thyroid nodule is a firm lump in the thyroid gland; it may be cancerous or benign (not cancerous).
On either side of the nodule is a thin layer of white substance, named the posterior medullary velum.
I had a thyroid nodule aka tumor that was "indeterminate" so I had to have half my thyroid removed to make sure it wasn't cancer.
A vocal cord nodule is a small, inflammatory or fibrous growth that develops on the vocal cords of people who constantly strain their voices.
Still, he was not prepared to open to a cash-paying public until he found the most staggering item of all: a fossil cockroach in an ironstone nodule from the upper carboniferous rocks of the Sosnowiec coalfields.
According to WIkipedia a "nodule" can be: "a small knobbly rock or mineral cluster, such as a manganese nodule; a small aggregation of cells; a lesion similar to a papule; or Root nodule, an outgrowth formed on the roots of legumes that house symbiotic bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and provide it to the plant in exchange for carbon."