nodule

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

“There’s already overwhelming evidence that strip mining deep-sea nodule fields will destroy ecosystems we barely understand,” he told BBC News.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

“Right,” he said, and gripped a golden nodule that protruded from the trunk.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Tyler suffered nodules on her vocal cords and underwent surgery to remove them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

"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

"Maybe the ridges were cemented by minerals first, and later episodes of groundwater left nodules around them."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

But the deep-sea mining industry -- which is keen to extract precious metals from these potato-sized polymetallic nodules -- and some researchers have expressed doubts about the claim.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Five to ten days later, hard nodules began growing at the injection sites.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot