Lumps (7)
'lumps' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for nodes that I've seen before include "Knots" , "Swellings or knotty masses" , "Bumps or lumps" , "Components in a computer network" , "Bulges or swellings" .)
'lumps' is the definition.
(a nodule is a lump of cells in the body)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for nodules that I've seen before include "Loudens like lumps" , "Small rounded lumps" , "Small lumps - led us on (anag)" , "Small swellings" , "Loudens due to small lumps" .)