capsule
See also: capsulé
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæps(ə)l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæpsjuːl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæpʃuːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]capsule (plural capsules)
- (physiology) A membranous envelope.
- (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
- (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
- 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:
- If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
- (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
- One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
- Synonym: pod
Derived terms
[edit]- baby capsule
- biocapsule
- Bowman's capsule
- caplet
- capsular
- capsulate
- capsulation
- capsulectomy
- capsule hotel
- capsule of lens
- capsuler
- capsule review
- capsuliferous
- capsuliform
- capsuligenous
- capsulise
- capsulitis
- capsulize
- capsulogenesis
- capsulogenic
- capsuloligamentous
- capsulorhexis
- capsulotomy
- egg capsule, egg-capsule
- encapsule
- Glissonian capsule
- glomerular capsule
- intercapsule
- macrocapsule
- microcapsule
- nanocapsule
- nasal capsule
- pseudocapsule
- renal capsule
- sense capsule
- space capsule
- Spansule
- subcapsule
- synovial capsule
- tabsule
- Tenonian capsule
- Tenon's capsule
- time capsule
Translations
[edit]physiology: membranous envelope
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botany: seed-case
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part of spacecraft containing crew's living space
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small container containing a dose of medicine
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weasel — see weasel
winemaking: the covering over the cork at the top of the wine bottle
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Verb
[edit]capsule (third-person singular simple present capsules, present participle capsuling, simple past and past participle capsuled)
- (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
- (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula. Doublet of kapsel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]capsule f (plural capsules, diminutive capsuletje n)
- (medicine, pharmacy) capsule (encapsulation containing drugs or supplements)
- cover over the cork and opening of a bottle
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (whence caisse).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]capsule f (plural capsules)
- capsule
- bottle cap
- cap or primer for a gun
- (Quebec) video or audio presentation
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “capsule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]capsule f
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]capsule
- inflection of capsular:
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