different between capsule vs cnidocyte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæps(?)l/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?kæpsju?l/, /?kæp?u?l/

Noun

capsule (plural capsules)

1. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
2. (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.
3. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
4. (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
5. (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
6. (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
7. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
8. (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
   • 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:

     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.

9. (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
10. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
11. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
12. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Derived terms

• capsular
• capsule review
• capsulize
• Glissonian capsule

Translations

Verb

capsule (third-person singular simple present capsules, present participle capsuling, simple past and past participle capsuled)

1. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
2. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

Anagrams

• laces up, scale up, scaleup, specula, upscale

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p?sy.l?/
• Hyphenation: cap?su?le
• Rhymes: -yl?

Noun

capsule f (plural capsules, diminutive capsuletje n)

1. (medicine, pharmacy) encapsulation containing drugs or supplements
2. cover over the cork and opening of a bottle

Related terms

• kapsel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (whence caisse).

Pronunciation

Noun

capsule f (plural capsules)

1. capsule
2. bottle cap
3. cap or primer for a gun

Derived terms

• capsulaire
• capsule temporelle
• décapsuler
• encapsuler

Further reading

• “capsule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• spécula

Italian

Noun

capsule f

1. plural of capsula

Anagrams

• lupesca
• specula

Spanish

Verb

capsule

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capsular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capsular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capsular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of capsular.

English

Noun

cnidocyte (plural cnidocytes)

1. (biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting

Synonyms

• nematocyst, cnidoblast

Translations

Anagrams

• endocytic