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Capsule Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Capsule? [n] a pill in the form of a small rounded container with medicine inside [n] a small container (as one holding electronic equipment) [n] a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [n] a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [n] a structure that encloses a body part [n] a shortened version of a written work [n] a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses [v] put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [v] enclose in a capsule Synonyms \| Synonyms for Capsule: abridgement \| abridgment \| capsulate \| capsulise \| capsulise \| capsulize \| capsulize \| condensation \| ejection seat \| ejector seat \| encapsulate \| space capsule Related Terms \| Find terms related to Capsule: abbreviated \| abbreviation \| abbreviature \| abrege \| abridge \| abridged \| abridgment \| abstract \| abstracted \| amnion \| apogee \| attitude-control rocket \| bag \| ballistic capsule \| bark \| barrel \| basket \| bladder \| bleb \| blister \| bobbed \| boll \| bolus \| botany \| bottle \| box \| box up \| bran \| brief \| burn \| burr \| calyx \| can \| canned \| capsulize \| capsulized \| carton \| case \| cask \| cell \| chaff \| clipped \| cod \| compend \| compressed \| condensation \| condense \| condensed \| condensed version \| conspectus \| corn shuck \| cornhusk \| crate \| cropped \| curtailed \| cut short \| cyst \| deep-space ship \| digest \| digested \| docked \| docking \| docking maneuver \| draft \| Earth insertion \| elided \| elliptic \| encase \| encyst \| epitome \| ferry rocket \| fistula \| follicle \| fuel ship \| gallbladder \| hamper \| head \| hull \| husk \| injection \| insertion \| jacket \| jar \| legume \| legumen \| LEM \| LM \| loculus \| lozenge \| lunar excursion module \| lunar module \| manned rocket \| marsupium \| module \| moon ship \| mowed \| mown \| multistage rocket \| nipped \| nutshell \| orbit \| outline \| overview \| pack \| package \| palea \| pandect \| parcel \| parking orbit \| pease cod \| peel \| pericarp \| perigee \| pill \| pocket \| pod \| pollard \| polled \| pot \| potted \| precis \| pruned \| reaped \| reentry \| review \| rind \| rocket \| rubric \| sac \| saccule \| sacculus \| saccus \| sack \| scrotum \| seed pod \| seed vessel \| seedbox \| seedcase \| shaved \| sheared \| shell \| short-cut \| shorten \| shortened \| shortened version \| shuck \| shuttle rocket \| silique \| sinus \| skeleton \| sketch \| sketch out \| skin \| snub \| snubbed \| soft landing \| sound \| space capsule \| space docking \| space rocket \| spacecraft \| spaceship \| stomach \| summarize \| survey \| syllabus \| synopsis \| synopsize \| tablet \| tank \| thumbnail sketch \| tin \| topical outline \| trimmed \| troche \| udder \| vasculum \| ventricle \| vesica \| vesicle See Also \| anatomical structure \| ballistic capsule \| bilocular capsule \| bodily structure \| body structure \| boll \| cockpit \| complex body part \| concentrate \| condense \| container \| enclose \| enfold \| envelop \| enwrap \| eyeball \| lozenge \| malpighian body \| malpighian corpuscle \| orb \| pericarp \| peristome \| pill \| renal corpuscle \| seat \| seed vessel \| siliqua \| silique \| space vehicle \| spacecraft \| structure \| summary \| tablet \| wrap Capsule In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Capsule Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capsule?

[n] a pill in the form of a small rounded container with medicine inside
[n] a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)
[n] a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
[n] a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
[n] a structure that encloses a body part
[n] a shortened version of a written work
[n] a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
[v] put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
[v] enclose in a capsule

Capsule In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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