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cap⋅sule

  [kap-suhl, -sool, -syool] noun, verb, -suled, -sul⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
2. Biology.
a. a membranous sac or integument.
b. either of two strata of white matter in the cerebrum.
c. the sporangium of various spore-producing organisms, as ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi.
3. Botany. a dry dehiscent fruit, composed of two or more carpels.
4. a small case, envelope, or covering.
5. Also called space capsule. Aerospace. a sealed cabin, container, or vehicle in which a person or animal can ride in flight in space or at very high altitudes within the earth's atmosphere.
6. Aviation. a similar cabin in a military aircraft, which can be ejected from the aircraft in an emergency.
7. a thin metal covering for the mouth of a corked bottle.
8. a concise report; brief outline: An appendix to the book contains biographical capsules of the contributors.
–verb (used with object)
9. to furnish with or enclose in or as if in a capsule; encapsulate.
10. to capsulize.
–adjective
11. small and compact.
12. short and concise; brief and summarized: a capsule report.
Origin:
1645–55; 1950–55 for def. 5; (< F) < L capsula, equiv. to caps(a) box (see case 2 ) + -ula -ule
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cap·sule   (kāp'səl, -sōōl)   
n.  

  1. A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.

  2. Anatomy A fibrous, membranous, or fatty sheath that encloses an organ or part, such as the sac surrounding the kidney or the fibrous tissues that surround a joint.

  3. Microbiology A mucopolysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.

  4. Botany

    1. A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.

    2. The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.

  5. A space capsule.

  6. A brief summary; a condensation.

adj.  

  1. Highly condensed; very brief: a capsule description.

  2. Very small; compact.

tr.v.   cap·suled, cap·sul·ing, cap·sules

  1. To enclose in or furnish with a capsule.

  2. To condense or summarize: capsuled the news.


[French, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa, box.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

capsule 
1652, from Fr. capsule "a membranous sac," from L. capsula dim. of capsa "box, case, chest." Medical sense is 1875; shortened form cap is from 1942. Sense in space capsule is first recorded 1954. Capsulize, of news, etc., is from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cap·sule
Pronunciation: 'kap-s&l, -(")sül
Function: noun
1 a : a membrane or saclike structure enclosing a part or organcapsule of the kidney> b : either of two layers or laminae of white matter in the cerebrum: (1) : a layer that consists largely of fibers passing to and fromthe cerebral cortex and that lies internal to the lentiform nucleus called also internal capsule (2) : one that lies between the lentiform nucleus and the claustrum called alsoexternal capsule
2 : a shell usually of gelatin for packaging something (as a drug or vitamins); also : a usually medicinal or nutritional preparation fororal use consisting of the shell and its contents
3 : a viscous or gelatinous often polysaccharide envelope surrounding certain microscopic organisms (as the pneumococcus)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

capsule cap·sule (kāp'səl, -s&oomacr;l)
n.

  1. A fibrous, membranous, or fatty sheath that encloses an organ or part, such as the sac surrounding the kidney or the fibrous tissues that surround a joint.

  2. A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.

  3. The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.

cap'su·lar (kāp'sə-lər, -sy&oobreve;-) adj.

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