[ˈkapsjʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one
(e.g: he showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules)

- a tough sheath or membrane that encloses an organ or other structure in the body, such as a kidney or a synovial joint

- the foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle

- a dry fruit that releases its seeds by bursting open when ripe, such as a pea pod

- the spore-producing structure of mosses and liverworts, typically borne on a stalk

- (of a piece of writing) shortened but retaining the essence of the original; condensed
(e.g: a capsule review of the movie)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (see case)