Capsule vs Microcapsule - What's the difference?
capsule | microcapsule |
(physiology) A membranous envelope.
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
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A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
(dialectal, UK, Suffolk) A weasel.
(attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
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(winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
(chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
A very small capsule designed to release its contents when broken (typically, after being swallowed).
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As nouns the difference between capsule and microcapsule
is that capsule is a membranous envelope while microcapsule is a very small capsule designed to release its contents when broken (typically, after being swallowed).capsule
English
Noun
(en noun)- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
- If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
Derived terms
* capsular * capsule review * Glissonian capsuleAnagrams
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Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}