Found 2 items, similar to Globule.
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Definition: globule
globule
n : a small globe or ball
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Globule
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.
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Globules of snow. --Sir I.
Newton.
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These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . .
deeply in the skull. --Paley.
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2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood,
lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
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3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
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