nodule -
n. 1 a small rounded lump of anything, e.g. flint in chalk, carbon in cast iron, or a
mineral on the
seabed.
2 a small swelling or aggregation of cells, e.g. a small tumour, node, or ganglion, or a swelling on a root of a legume containing bacteria.
nodular adj. nodulated adj. nodulation n. nodulose adj. nodulous adj. [L nodulus dimin. of nodus: see NODUS]
