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Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

  • A small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
  • (medicine, dermatology) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
    • ✤ Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element zero nodules within their nervous system that react to electric stimuli from the brain. Amplifiers allow biotics to synchronize the nodules so they can form fields large and strong enough for practical use.1

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus (“small knot”), from nōdus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnɒdjuːl/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈnɑd͡ʒul/
  • Audio (US): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -ɒdjuːl, -ɒdʒuːl

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Footnotes

  1. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Biotic Amps Codex entry: ↩