globule Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small globe or ball

WordNet


Glob"ule noun
Etymology
L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.
Definitions
  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 1913