Definition of capsule_look
1. capsule [ n ] a pill in the form of a small rounded container with medicine inside
Used in print:(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)
He then sold her some capsules that he asserted would take_care of the tumors and cysts until she could collect the money for buying his machine .
When she submitted to his treatment with the capsules , Mrs._Shaefer felt intense pain .
Synonyms capsule Related Terms pill capsulise2. capsule [ n ] a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)
Used in print:(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)
Several years ago headlines were made by a small radio_transmitter capsule which could be swallowed by the patient and which would then radio internal pressure data to external receivers .
This original capsule contained a battery and a transistor oscillator and was about 1 cm. in diameter .
Synonyms capsule Related Terms container paintball3. capsule [ v ] enclose in a capsule
Synonyms capsule capsulize capsulate Related Terms envelop4. capsule [ n ] a structure that encloses a body part
Synonyms capsule Related Terms structure eyeball malpighian_body5. capsule [ n ] a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
Synonyms capsule space_capsule Related Terms spacecraft command_module6. capsule [ n ] a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
Synonyms capsule Related Terms pericarp bilocular_capsule boll silique peristome7. capsule [ n ] a shortened version of a written work
Synonyms abridgment abridgement capsule condensation Related Terms summary condense encapsulate8. capsule [ v ] put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
Examples:
"capsulize the news"
9. capsule [ v ] enclose in a capsule
Synonyms capsulate capsule capsulize capsulise Related Terms envelop10. capsule [ n ] a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
Synonyms ejector_seat capsule ejection_seat Related Terms seat cockpitSimilar Spelling
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