Capsule

English Meaning

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

1. A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.
2. Anatomy A fibrous, membranous, or fatty sheath that encloses an organ or part, such as the sac surrounding the kidney or the fibrous tissues that surround a joint.
3. Microbiology A mucopolysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.
4. Botany A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.
5. Botany The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.
6. A space capsule.
7. A brief summary; a condensation.
8. Highly condensed; very brief: a capsule description.
9. Very small; compact.
10. To enclose in or furnish with a capsule.
11. To condense or summarize: capsuled the news.