different between capsule vs petrosal

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

Etymology

From Latin petr?sus (“full of rocks, rocky”) +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t???.s?l/, /p??t???.sl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?o?.s?l/
• Rhymes: -??s?l

Adjective

petrosal (not comparable)

1. Of great hardness; petrous.
2. (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear.

Derived terms

• petrosal nerve
• subpetrosal

Related terms

• petrous

Noun

petrosal (plural petrosals)

1. (anatomy) The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear.
2. (anatomy, zootomy) The auditory capsule.
   • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates

     midal-shaped petrosal of mammals and bird

Derived terms

• petrosectomy

References

• “petrosal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “petrosal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• LaPortes, Laportes, Plateros, Pole Star, Portales, Portelas, patroles, pole star, polestar, portsale, prolates