as in swelling
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
a nodule on the leaf indicated that a worm had laid eggs there
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Recent Examples of nodule
Once the animals died and became buried in layers of sediment over time, some of them became entombed in a mineral known as siderite, which solidified and formed a nodule around the remains.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
The technology has already proven valuable when screening for breast cancer in mammograms and identifying lung nodules in chest X-rays.
—Roman Smagulov, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Although the paper claims that voltages in the nodules reached as high as 0.95 volts, that figure represents a brief blip measured on one nodule.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 18 Sep. 2024
The nodules grow at the astoundingly slow rate of about a few millimeters per million years, so these undersea environments are tens or hundreds of millions of years old, said Sweetman.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
The technology has already proven valuable when screening for breast cancer in mammograms and identifying lung nodules in chest X-rays.
—Roman Smagulov, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Although the paper claims that voltages in the nodules reached as high as 0.95 volts, that figure represents a brief blip measured on one nodule.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 18 Sep. 2024
The nodules grow at the astoundingly slow rate of about a few millimeters per million years, so these undersea environments are tens or hundreds of millions of years old, said Sweetman.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodule
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Ice can help reduce the swelling in and around the joint.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Cupp’s doctor put him on medications to reduce swelling and high blood pressure and tried a second time to win approval for a left heart catheter examination.T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024
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Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
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The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Four shiatsu massage nodes dig deep into muscles, helping work out those painful knots and kinks.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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Risk analysis Between 2021 and 2025, Intel planned to achieve five processor nodes—Intel 7 and Intel 4 are already in use, Intel 3 is ready for high-volume manufacturing, and Intel 20A is set to debut with Arrow Lake processors, serving as a precursor to the more refined 18A node.GuruFocus, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The App Store’s charts reward a combination of the number of installs and the pace of those installs, alongside other metrics, so this bump also has to do with Bluesky’s rate of growth, not just the sheer number of app downloads alone.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Similarly to acne, this condition can cause bumps to be more inflamed than others.Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 2024
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Victims can suffer from a range of injuries, from minor bruises to severe, life-altering conditions.Chris Gallagher, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Jay Leno is recovering after falling down a large hill over the weekend, leaving him with an eye patch and a large bruise.Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Isabella Strahan is showing off her hair growth since finishing chemotherapy for her brain tumor.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Thomas died in March 2019 from a brain tumor, leaving the rapper without any living parents.Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Nodule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodule. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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