A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.
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.
Microbiology A mucopolysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.
Botany A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.
Botany The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.
A space capsule.
A brief summary; a condensation.
Highly condensed; very brief: a capsule description.