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Webster 1913 Edition


Globule

Glob′ule

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Globule

GLOB'ULE

,
Noun.
[L. globulus,
dim.
of globus.]
A little globe; a small particle of matter of a spherical form; a word particularly applied to the red particles of blood, which swim in a transparent serum, and may be discovered by the microscope.
Hail stones have opake globules of snow in their center.

Definition 2024


globule

globule

English

Noun

globule (plural globules)

  1. A small round particle of substance; a drop.

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɔbyl/

Noun

globule m (plural globules)

  1. globule
  2. blood cell

Derived terms


Latin

Noun

globule

  1. vocative singular of globulus