NODULE

n. No3d'u2l. Lat., nodulus (dim. of nodus, a knot). Fr., n. 1. A small node or knot. 2. In cerebral anatomy, a small projection on the inferior vermiform proce of the cerebellum at its anterior extremity, in front of the uvula. It encroaches slightly on the fourth ventricle. [I, 47 (K); a, 17.] Lymphangeial n'8, Lymphatic ii's, Lymphoid ii's. Fr., taches luiteuses. Syn.: lynipliangeial tracts. Small ma es of adenoid ti ue composed of branched, interconnected, nucleated corpuscles, the spaces between which are filled by lymphoid cells. They are situated in various parts of the body, and are developed either around lymphatic ve els iperilymphangeial n's) or within them (endolymphangeial n's). [J.] NODULOSE, NODULOUS, adj's. No2d'u2l-os, -u3s. Fr., noduleux. Irregularly moniliform (said of roots in which the fibrils enlarge only at certain points). [B, 19, 34, 77 (a, 35).] [s. 111]