GLOBULE

globule

(noun) a small globe or ball

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

globule (plural globules)

A small round particle of substance; a drop.

Source: Wiktionary


Glob"ule, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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