capsule : Idioms & Phrases

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Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins

  • (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins.
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Atrabiliary capsule

  • . See under Atrabiliary.
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ballistic capsule

  • noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
    spacecraft; space vehicle.
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bilocular capsule

  • noun a capsule divided into two cells or compartments
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bowman's capsule

  • noun thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
    capsula glomeruli; Bowman's capsule.
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Glisson's capsule

  • a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ.
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glomerular capsule

  • noun thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
    capsula glomeruli; Bowman's capsule.
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lens capsule

  • noun a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
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Malhighian capsules ∨ corpuscles

  • the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
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Renal capsules ∨ glands

  • the suprarenal capsules. See under Capsule.
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Sense capsule

  • (Anat.), one of the cartilaginous or bony cavities which inclose, more or less completely, the organs of smell, sight, and hearing.
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sleeping capsule

  • noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
    sleeping tablet; sleeping draught; sleeping pill.
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space capsule

  • noun a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
    capsule.
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Suprarenal capsule

  • an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.
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Suprarenal capsules

  • (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies.
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Synovial capsule

  • a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints.
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Tenonian capsule

  • (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; called also capsule of Tenon.
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time capsule

  • noun container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time
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two-capsuled

Two"-cap`suled adjective
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
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