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Capsular

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Adjective

1. capsular

resembling a capsule

Example Sentences:
'the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones'

2. capsular

of or relating to a capsule

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Capsular

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adjective
relating to or resembling a capsule

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Capsular

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adjective
1. 
having the nature of a capsule
2. 
of or in a capsule

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Capsular

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n.
1. A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.
2. Anatomy A fibrous, membranous, or fatty sheath that encloses an organ or part, such as the sac surrounding the kidney or the fibrous tissues that surround a joint.
3. Microbiology A polysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.
4. Botany
a. A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.
b. The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.
5. A space capsule.
6. A brief summary; a condensation.
adj.
1. Highly condensed; very brief: a capsule description.
2. Very small; compact.
tr.v. cap·suled, cap·sul·ing, cap·sules
1. To enclose in or furnish with a capsule.
2. To condense or summarize: capsuled the news.

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