Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small spherical mass, especially a small drop of liquid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little globe or sphere; a small or minute body of matter of a spherical form.
- noun Specifically— In anatomy and physics, a blood-disk or -corpuscle, or a lymph-corpuscle.
- noun In botany, the antheridium of Characeæ.
- noun In homeopathic med., a minute pill consisting of sugar of milk combined with the active principle of some drug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
- noun (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
- noun A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small round particle of substance; a
drop .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small globe or ball
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Homoeopathy has introduced one essential amelioration in the practice of physic by amateur females; for its rules are excellent, its physicking comparatively harmless – the "globule" is the one grain of folly which appears to be necessary to make any good thing acceptable.
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As long as the intermittent type continues, Apis has to be given; the action of the spleen becomes more and more normal, the fever paroxysms become shorter and less marked, and the restoration of health is effected without any more treatment than a single dose of Apis 30, one globule, which is permitted to act until the patient is well.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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But, having announced a wonderful truth in reference to the unity of the human race as based upon one blood, science comes to his support, and through the microscope reveals the corpuscles of the blood, and shows that the globule is the same in all human blood.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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Even hours into the numbing routine—dip, scoop, dip—he would add that little flourish, time after time, as he transferred the globule from one bath to another.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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A tear, turned to a globule of ice, rested on her cheek, and her eyes were dim and moist; there was an-expression of hopeless, fathomless woe.
CHAPTER 9 2010
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Every woollen filament of our garments, every hair of our heads and faces, was jewelled with a crystal globule.
Chapter 25 2010
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Even hours into the numbing routine—dip, scoop, dip—he would add that little flourish, time after time, as he transferred the globule from one bath to another.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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I'm a little fuzzy on what a Bok globule is, but I'll take Shostak's word for it that such things might be loaded to the gills with aliens.
Searching for aliens 2010
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Its downward-curving bill was mimicked in her drooping nose, the fleshy point suspended like a globule of cold sap.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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When she opened her mouth to speak, I spotted a green globule wedged in her braces.
Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010
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