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nodule

noun

ˈnä-(ˌ)jül

Definition of nodule

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 Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations. — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The 71-year-old first American pope was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday with doctors removing a nodule that was determined to be pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 And since then, there have been many other mechanisms that have been discovered, by which how the plants really keep a check on that bacteria from overgrowing the nodule. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 After discovering a nodule in Pope Leo XIV's lung, surgeons at Gemelli Hospital in Rome performed surgery on Tuesday that revealed the Pope has cancer. — Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nodule

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New symptoms of calf swelling, tenderness or redness should raise concerns for possible deep vein thrombosis.

— Ali Ataya, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease that primarily causes joint swelling, pain and stiffness, may also worsen or develop for the first time during menopause.

— Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of swelling

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Scallop crudo, a wedge salad piled with jumbo lump crab and sharpened with wasabi dressing, and a lobster roll with saffron coleslaw sit comfortably alongside American classics like a double cheeseburger and fries.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
While recovering from one of the surgeries, Casino felt a lump.

— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Essentially, this means the ship will form one node in a network of ships that share and coordinate data in real time.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Once a dominant force in the chip manufacturing landscape, Intel hit major delays with its 7- and 10-nanometer nodes, triggering the stock's worst year ever in 2024.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of node

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Both Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei received raises in 2025 and two pay bumps this year.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Larson took the white flag in the lead but lost 10 spots after getting shoved out of first on several bumps by Austin Hill.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of bump

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The responding Oak Bluffs police officers saw bruises on her legs and a red mark on her neck, Scalice said.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Officers then cuffed the youngster as he was loaded into an ambulance and hospitalized for a fractured femur and a nasty bruise on his head, according to the lawsuit, which was filed by the teen’s dad, Mahmoud Saleh, in Brooklyn Federal Court.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of bruise

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What was more, the data suggested that going after the therapy’s bull’s-eye might unlock the power of immunotherapy in other, more common cancers that had stubbornly rebuffed such efforts, like pancreatic and ovarian tumors.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
Among them, despite the doctors’ suspicions, 80% did not turn out to have evidence of tumors in their specimens, says Cercek.

— Alice Park, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

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