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cap·sule

 (kăp′səl, -so͞ol)
n.
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 polysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.
4. Botany
a. A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.
b. The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.
5. A space capsule.
6. A brief summary; a condensation.
adj.
1. Highly condensed; very brief: a capsule description.
2. Very small; compact.
tr.v. cap·suled, cap·sul·ing, cap·sules
1. To enclose in or furnish with a capsule.
2. To condense or summarize: capsuled the news.

[French, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa, box.]

cap′su·lar (-sə-lər, -syo͝o-) adj.
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capsular

(ˈkæpsjʊlə)
adj
relating to or resembling a capsule
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cap•su•lar

(ˈkæp sə lər, -syʊ-)

adj.
of, in, or like a capsule.
[1670–80; < New Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.capsular - resembling a capsule; "the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones"
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
2.capsular - of or relating to a capsule
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
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In our analysis, papillary thyroid microcarcinomas that were large, multifocal, and capsularly or lymphovascularly invasive were significantly associated with at least a 1.93 greater risk of metastasizing than were smaller, solitary, noninvasive tumors.