noduleyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[nodule 词源字典]
nodule: see noose
[nodule etymology, nodule origin, 英语词源]
nodule (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Latin nodulus "small knot," diminutive of nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Related: Nodulated; nodulous; nodulation.