Glob"ule (?), n. [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.

 

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