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glob·ule    Audio Help   [glob-yool] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a small spherical body.
2.Bok globule.
[Origin: 1655–65; < L globulus. See globe, -ule]
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glob·ule    Audio Help   (glŏb'yōōl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A small spherical mass, especially a small drop of liquid.


[French, from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus, sphere.]

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globule

noun
a small globe or ball 

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Globule

Glob"ule\, n. [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]

1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

Globules of snow. --Sir I. Newton.

These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. --Paley.

2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
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