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   Cap·sule

   /ˈkapsəl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one: "he showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules"
   • ▪ a small soluble case of gelatin containing a dose of medicine, swallowed whole. Similar pilltabletlozengepastillepiluledropcapletpelletbolustrocheinformal:tab
   • ▪ short for space capsule
   • 2. a tough sheath or membrane that encloses something in the body, such as a kidney, a lens, or a synovial joint.
   • ▪ a gelatinous layer forming the outer surface of some bacterial cells.
   • 3. the foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle. Similar coversealcaptop
   • 4. a dry fruit that releases its seeds by bursting open when ripe, such as a pea pod. Similar seed casepodshellhuskhullcasesheathtechnical:pericarpexocarplegumeintegument
   • 5. the spore-producing structure of mosses and liverworts, typically borne on a stalk.
   • 6. (of a piece of writing) shortened but retaining the essence of the original; condensed: "a capsule review of the movie"
   • ▪ (of a collection of clothing) consisting of a relatively small set of key items.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (see case2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. capsular adjective
   • 2. capsulate adjective

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