CAPSULE
\kˈapsjuːl], \kˈapsjuːl], \k_ˈa_p_s_j_uː_l]\
Definitions of CAPSULE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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enclose in a capsule
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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 dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
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put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
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a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
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a small container
By Princeton University
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enclose in a capsule
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a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)
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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 dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
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put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A small envelope of gelatin inclosing medicine; a seed-vessel or pod which opens when ripe; a skinlike sac inclosing some part of organ of the body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A box, or case, (F.) Capsule. This name has been given, by anatomists, to parts bearing no analogy to each other.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In general, any enveloping structure containing a body distinct from itself. In anatomy, a membranous sac enveloping other structures. In pharmacy, a hollow pill made of some medicinally inactive substance, such as gelatin, designed to enclose a drug. In bacteriology, a gelatinous envelope surrounding bacteria, at times producing a slimy or viscid growth on culture media. In botany, any hollow organ containing bodies, such as seeds, that subsequently escape.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A seed pod or pericarp, opening, when mature, by the separation of its valves;—a small saucer of clay for smelting ores, &c.;—a small membranous sac;—a globular lozenge;—a metallic cover for closing a bottle;—a percussion cap.
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