Globule

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  • noun. A small spherical mass, especially a small drop of liquid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A little globe or sphere; a small or minute body of matter of a spherical form.
  • noun. Specifically— In anatomy and physics, a blood-disk or -corpuscle, or a lymph-corpuscle.
  • noun. In botany, the antheridium of Characeæ.
  • noun. In homeopathic med., a minute pill consisting of sugar of milk combined with the active principle of some drug.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
  • noun. A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
  • noun. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small round particle of substance; a drop.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small globe or ball
  • Word Usage
    "Homoeopathy has introduced one essential amelioration in the practice of physic by amateur females; for its rules are excellent, its physicking comparatively harmless – the "globule" is the one grain of folly which appears to be necessary to make any good thing acceptable."
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    ball  globe  orb  
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    bubble  
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