nodulus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nōdulus. Doublet of nodule. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒd.jʊ.ləs/, /ˈnɒd͡ʒ.ʊ.ləs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑd͡ʒ.ə.ləs/ Rhymes: -ɒdjʊləs, -ɒdʒələs Hyphenation: nod‧u‧lus === Noun === nodulus (plural noduli) A nodule; a little knot or lump. (neuroanatomy) The part of the vestibulocerebellum that is at the end of the vermis Synonym: nodule ==== Related terms ==== flocculus == Latin == === Etymology === From nōdus (“a knot; knob; bond”) +‎ -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.dʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.du.lus] === Noun === nōdulus m (genitive nōdulī); second declension diminutive of nōdus (“knot”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “nodulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nodulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.