Meaning of GLOBULE
| Pronunciation: | | 'glâbyool
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[n] a small globe or ball |
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GLOBULE is a 7 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | ball, bubble, globe, orb | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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