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noun(tu-bule)a small tube; especially : a slender elongated anatomical channel
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noun(tu-bule)a duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted tubule of nephrons and discharges it into the renal pelvis
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noun(tu-bule)collecting duct
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noun(tu-bule)a tubule that connects the distal convoluted tubule of the nephron with the collecting duct
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noun(tu-bule)all or part of the coiled sections of a nephron:
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noun(tu-bule)proximal convoluted tubule
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noun(tu-bule)distal convoluted tubule
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noun(tu-bule)the convoluted portion of the vertebrate nephron that lies between the loop of Henle and the nonsecretory part of the nephron and that is concerned especially with the concentration of urine
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noun(tu-bule)the convoluted portion of the vertebrate nephron that lies between Bowman's capsule and the loop of Henle and functions especially in the resorption of sugar, sodium and chloride ions, and water from the glomerular filtrate —called also proximal tubule
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noun(tu-bule)any of the coiled threadlike tubules that make up the bulk of the testis and are lined with a layer of epithelial cells from which the spermatozoa are produced