nodule
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Another limitation is having an incidental finding, such as a lung nodule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The diagnosis occurred last week, following a urinary screening that revealed a small nodule in his prostate, which revealed the aggressive Stage 4 prostate cancer, according to the statement.
From Slate ● May 20, 2025
After separating out the minerals, the mining ships then pipe back overboard the processed waters, sediment and mining “fines,” which are the small particles of the ground-up nodule ore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
It is what scientists call a polymetallic nodule, created over millennia as minerals accumulate on the seabed.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
“Right,” he said, and gripped a golden nodule that protruded from the trunk.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
"It was her leg which was stuck within a rock cleft, and there was some space around the side of it and also nodules of rock which were stopping it from coming out," Rees said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Before, Ahmad could tap — meaning to cut incisions in the acacia trees, which exude sap that a few weeks later hardens into nodules of Hashab gum — four orchards in one go.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Ion is tailored for procedures in the lung, typically to sample suspicious nodules or legions as part of a cancer diagnosis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Surprisingly, the nodules were not located near the central fractures.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
Mazes in the nodules on murex shells and in the textures of sycamore bark and inside the hollow bones of eagles.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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