Defn: Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening. Tubulated bottle or retort (Chem.), a bottle or retort having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials.
TUBULATION
Tu`bu*la"tion, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort.
TUBULATURE
Tu"bu*la`ture, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A tubulure.
TUBULE Tu"bule, n. Etym: [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, a pipe.]
1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.
TUBULIBRANCHIAN
Tu`bu*li*bran"chi*an, n. (Zool.)