capsule
noun
[ ˈkapsjuːl ]
• a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one.
• "he showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules"
• a tough sheath or membrane that encloses an organ or other structure in the body, such as a kidney or a synovial joint.
• the foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle.
• a dry fruit that releases its seeds by bursting open when ripe, such as a pea pod.
Similar:
seed case,
pod,
shell,
husk,
hull,
case,
sheath,
pericarp,
exocarp,
legume,
integument,
• the spore-producing structure of mosses and liverworts, typically borne on a stalk.
• (of a piece of writing) shortened but retaining the essence of the original; condensed.
• "a capsule review of the movie"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (see case2).
