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globule

[ glob-yool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

globule

/ ˈɡlɒbjuːl /

Origin of globule¹

From the Latin word globulus, dating back to 1655–65. See globe, -ule

Origin of globule¹

C17: from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus globe

Each globule of our blood is a world (and we have five millions per cubic millimetre).

Scintillate, scintillate, globule orific, Fain would I fathom thy nature's specific.

From his animated globule he has to develop the whole creation of vegetable and animal life.

Hence the names phagocyte, or devouring cell, given to the enveloping white globule, and phagocytosis to the process.

A colloid globule suspended in a salt solution in which it is not dissolved may grow by intussusception.

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