GLOBULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does globule mean? 

• GLOBULE (noun)
  The noun GLOBULE has 1 sense:

1. a small globe or ball

  Familiarity information: GLOBULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOBULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small globe or ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("globule" is a kind of...):

ball; globe; orb (an object with a spherical shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "globule"):

bubble (a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide))

 Context examples 

A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.

(Embolism, NCI Dictionary)

After shaking, the medicated globules are dried at temperatures not to exceed 40 degrees Centigrade.

(Globule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A vaccine consisting of a monoclonal antibody (MoAb) directed against an idiotype that mimics a human milk fat globule (HMFG) membrane epitope.

(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-Id 11D10 mimics a specific epitope of the high molecular weight human milk fat globule (HMFG) glycoprotein primarily expressed by human breast and some other tumor cells at high density.

(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of paucicellular collagenous tissue, adipocytes and a predominance of large coarse elastic fibers arranged in globules.

(Elastofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Every woollen filament of our garments, every hair of our heads and faces, was jewelled with a crystal globule.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Eosinophilic hyaline globules immunoreactive for AFP are a diagnostic feature.

(Central Nervous System Yolk Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

My chest was raw and red, and I could see tiny blood globules starting through the torn and inflamed cuticle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)