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Because of this, it was not actually seen until 1974, when Soviet scientists successfully recovered nodules from the floor of the Black Sea.

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Because of this, it was not actually seen until 1974, when Soviet scientists successfully recovered nodules from the floor of the Black Sea.

Sewer Ice « Isegoria 2008

Endometriosis is a puzzling hormonal and immune system disease in which tissue like that of the uterine lining (endometrium) grows outside the uterus (the tissue is sometimes called nodules, tumors, lesions, or implants).

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

The nodules are a reddish colour because they contain a form of haemoglobin, similar to the oxygen-transporting molecule that makes our blood red.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

The nodules are a reddish colour because they contain a form of haemoglobin, similar to the oxygen-transporting molecule that makes our blood red.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

And then there's another problem: growths in the thyroid gland called nodules can sometimes be cancerous.

The Body's Traffic Cop 2008

On the roots will be found many small enlargements like root galls; these are called nodules or tubercles.

The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich

Page 187 and form the characteristic swellings called nodules, found in greater or less abundance on all healthy roots of the great pod-bearing family.

From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver Raleigh Howard Merritt 1929

This past week, we went back for our first post-surgical checkup and, as unbelievable as this is, the chest x-ray turned up two little "nodules" in his lungs.

Carrie Pollare: Losing Noah: Coming to Terms with Canine Cancer 2009

We find additional proof that slates have undergone compression at right angles to their cleavage in the fact that any inclusions in them, such as nodules and fossils, have been squeezed out of shape and have their long diameters lying in the planes of cleavage.

The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900