Globule
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Globule \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.
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Globules of snow. --Sir I.
Newton.
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These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . .
deeply in the skull. --Paley.
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2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood,
lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
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3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "globule":
Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor,
air bubble, antibody, antigen, arterial blood, ball, balloon,
bladder, bleb, blister, blob, blood, blood bank, blood blister,
blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center,
blood group, blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet,
blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute, bloodmobile,
bloodstream, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, bulla,
circulation, clinical dextran, dextran, driblet, droplet,
ellipsoid, erythrocyte, fever blister, geoid, globe, globelet,
globoid, globulin, glomerulus, gob, gobbet, gore, grume, hematics,
hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte,
hemoglobin, hemometer, humor, ichor, isoantibody, knob, knot,
leukocyte, lifeblood, neutrophil, oblate spheroid, opsonin, orb,
orbit, orblet, pellet, phagocyte, plasma, plasma substitute,
prolate spheroid, red corpuscle, rondure, serum, soap bubble,
sphere, spheroid, spherule, type O, venous blood,
white corpuscle
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