capsule

[Cap·sule]

A capsule is a very small container that closes tightly. Many medicines come in capsules that can be easily swallowed.

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a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

Noun
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

Noun
a small container

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a pilot''s seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

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a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

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a structure that encloses a body part

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a shortened version of a written work

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a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

Verb
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"

Verb
enclose in a capsule


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a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

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A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

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a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

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A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

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A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

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A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.

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A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.


Capsule

Cap"sule , n. [L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule.] 1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. 2. (Chem.) (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain. 3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. 4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ. 5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle, 6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary. -- Glisson's capsule, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

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