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Definition of Ductule

1. Noun. A very small duct.

Definition of Ductule

1. Noun. (medicine) Any very small duct ¹

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Definition of Ductule

1. a small duct [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ductule

1. A minute duct. Synonym: ductulus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductule

Literary usage of Ductule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1904)
"From this, ductule a secondary ductule passes anteriorly for a short distance, then divides into three tertian' ductules (figs. 1, 2, 6). ..."

2. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"This is taken from the sub-maxillary gland of a rabbit which had been treated with osmic acid, 1 per cent, for two hours; (a) ductule, (b) transition-cells, ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"The flattened cells lining the ductule or terminal portion of the duct suddenly change into large hepatic cells, marginal cells of the lobule, which appear ..."

4. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The flattened cells lining the ductule or terminal portion of the duct suddenly change into large hepatic cells, marginal cells of the lobule, which appear ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"All the cells of the main lobe have that form of ductule which I distinguished above as arborescent with some of the branches continuous {ie leading into ..."

6. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"Each tuft opens by a short tube (ductule of the fourth order) on the outer side of the ... The whole of the tubules borne on a secondary ductule form, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"The outlines of the ductule or transition cells apart from these granules are ... Some of the cells, which from their shape would be called ductule cells, ..."

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