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TUBULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Synonyms:
cannular; tube-shaped; tubelike; tubular; vasiform
Classified under:
Similar:
hollow (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity)
Derivation:
tube (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Context examples:
They consist of a soft contractile substance enclosed in a tubular sheath.
(Murine Rhabdomyocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Glandular or tubular structures are absent.
(Medullary breast carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Tubular structure in continuation with the trachea, serving as air passage.
(Bronchus, NCI Thesaurus)
Aminohippurate sodium is also used to measure functional capacity of the renal tubular secretory mechanism.
(Aminohippurate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
An invasive breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of tubular and glandular neoplastic cell structures, admixed with islands of neoplastic cells showing squamous differentiation.
(Adenosquamous Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The smooth muscle component of an organ, especially of a hollow organ or tubular structure.
(Muscle Layer, NCI Thesaurus)
These cells line thin papillary fronds on the surface or form tubular structures within the lamina propria.
(Nephrogenic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the formation of glandular and tubular patterns.
(Adenomatoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of medium-sized duct-like structures and small malignant tubular glandular structures.
(Pancreatic Moderately Differentiated Ductal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The tubular tract in female animals through which eggs are discharged either to the exterior or, in mammals, to the uterus.
(Oviduct, NCI Thesaurus)
