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Webster 1913 Edition
Globule
Glob′ule
,Noun.
[L.
globulus
, dim. of globus
globe: cf. F. globule
.] 1.
A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
Globules
of snow. Sir I. Newton.
These minute
globules
[a mole’s eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.
2.
(Biol.)
A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
3.
A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
Webster 1828 Edition
Globule
GLOB'ULE
,Noun.
dim.
A little globe; a small particle of matter of a spherical form; a word particularly applied to the red particles of blood, which swim in a transparent serum, and may be discovered by the microscope.
Hail stones have opake globules of snow in their center.