globulen.

Brit.

/ˈɡlɒbjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈɡlɑbˌjul/

Forms: 1600s globul, 1600s– globule, 1700s globle, 1700s globole.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin globulus.

Etymology: < classical Latin globulus round lump, little ball, pill < globus globe n. + -ulus -ule suffix. Compare French globule spherical body of small size (a1662), blood corpuscle (1742), very small pill (1833). Compare also Spanish glóbulo (late 18th cent.), Portuguese glóbulo (1759), and Italian globulo (a1750).

1. A round drop (of water or other liquid); a small round particle of a substance.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [noun] > sphere

globule1661

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > small sphere or globule

bayc1420

pommela1425

button1576

orbicle1610

globule1661

spherule1665

globeleta1718

globulet1746

beadlet1863

1661 R. Hooke Attempt Explic. Phænomena 11 Hence we find, that two small drops of water, on any superficies they can roule on, will, if they chance to touch each other, readily unite and mix in one 3d. Globule or drop.

1682 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies 100 It seems to be compacted out of many Globules or knots included in a common membrane.

1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 646 Some [snow particles] consisted of long round spiculæ; others approached to a round figure made up of small globules.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 68 When two particles of quicksilver are brought into apparent contact they may be made to unite and form one globule.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic vi. 155 A vertical stratum of vapour, consisting of exceedingly minute globules of water.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 251 The saturation..of the snow..enables the air to form itself into globules.

1902 Times 21 Aug. 5/3 Fine grey ash, moist and clinging together in small globules, poured down upon us.

1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 659/2 (caption) At high, cold levels they [sc. raindrops] mix with snow and freeze into globules of cloudy ice.

1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 164/1 The collision of particles produced globules of excited matter, or ‘fireballs’, which decayed into mesons.

2005 P. D. James Lighthouse iii. ix. 242 Now his forehead was wet with globules of cold sweat.

†2. Biology. A red blood cell. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > blood corpuscle or plate > [noun] > red cells or corpuscles

globule1674

red corpuscle1747

red blood disc1835

red cell1843

red blood corpuscle1844

pneumocyte1872

poikilocyte1886

haematid1888

normoblast1889

polychromatic normoblast1899

normocyte1900

spherocyte1908

polychrome1909

siderocyte1915

reticulocyte1922

proerythroblast1927

target cell1938

acanthocyte1952

sideroblast1954

1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 122 The small Red Globuls in the Blood..are heavier than the Crystalline liquor in which they are carried.

1702 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 322 The constituent Parts of that Fluid [sc. Blood], viz. the Globles, being broken and destroy'd.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 73 Blood Globules, by their Rotundity, Volubility, and Elasticity, resist Trituration, that is, Digestion.

1778 F. Burney Jrnl. (1994) 189 It's most secret recesses..are..laid as open to the View, as the blood Globules circulating in a frog's foot.

1839 tr. H. Schultz in Lancet 10 Aug. 712 By this means we are able to understand the true organisation of the so-called globules of blood, and of what I call the plasma.

1888 Catholic World Mar. 796 Various causes [of splenic fever] had been assigned, some tracing it to the excess of red globules in the blood of the animals.

3. Botany. The antheridium or male reproductive structure of a charophyte (stonewort). Cf. nucule n. 2. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > stoneworts > part or cell of

globule1828

nucule1830

capitulum1849

shield1875

stipulode1880

shield-cell1882

1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptogamic Flora VI. 339 Fructification of two kinds; spirally striated nucules, and coloured globules.

1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §776 The fructification of the Characeae is of two kinds, nucules, and globules, both of them seated in the axils of the branchlets.

1955 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. (ed. 2) I. i. 125 According to the old terminology, the male fructification is a globule and the female is a nucule.

1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (rev. ed.) 474 The spherical orange antheridiophores (or globules; often called antheridia)..are visible to the naked eye.

4. A small pill or pilule; (in later use) esp. a homeopathic one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > pill > small pill

pilulea1398

pillock1570

globule1836

1836 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail 15 Apr. 1/7 The worthy doctor promised a quick cure, provided she would scrupulously swallow the globules which he would send on the following morning.

1855 Lancet 14 Apr. 389/2 In chronic complaints, simply requiring attention to regimen and diet to effect a cure, the patient may safely be amused by the ridiculous little globules of ‘sugar of milk’.

1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. xci. 3 Too many among us..place more reliance in a phial or a globule than in the Lord and giver of life.

1994 Guardian Good Health Guide Fall–Winter 6/2 Homeopathic remedies which come in the form of pills, drops, granules, globules, powders, suppositories, syrups, tablets, ointments, etc.

2003 R. Bloch & B. Lewis Homoeopathy for Home 112 Do not touch the globules with your fingers more than is necessary.

5. Astronomy. = Bok globule n.

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1947 B. J. Bok & E. F. Reilly in Astrophysical Jrnl. 105 255 In connection with the possible evolutionary process referred to above, we are primarily interested in roundish, small dark nebulae... We shall for convenience refer to these as ‘globules’.

1986 Astron. & Astrophysics 167 160/1 The distribution of dust within Lynds 810 itself is analogous in appearance to the cometary globules of the Vela-Puppis complex.

2003 Rep. Progress Physics 66 1654 Bok's enthusiastic advocacy of these globules as sites of star formation has since been vindicated.

Derivatives

ˈglobuled adj. formed into a globule or globules; also figurative.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > small sphere or globule

globulous1664

globuliform1798

globuled1804

spherular1820

globulose1822

blobby1882

1804 Plantæ Rariores 112 in Trans. Dublin Soc. 1803 4 Green globuled Lichen.

a1889 R. Browning Poet. Wks. (1894) XVII. 82 Some heart which purely Secretes globuled passion.

1999 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. a14 The globuled, sluggish paint didn't spread on the door as much as stick.

ˈglobule-like adj.

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1836 J. Coldstream in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 693/1 The yolk is..marked with two rows of small spots, globule-like.

1941 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31 336 The cranium represents a unitary globule-like body.

1997 S. Sharma Approaches to Design Antiparasitic Drugs v. 162 Irreversible damage of eyes and loss of vision may occur as a result of globule-like lesions appearing in the cornea and limbal area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	globule
释义	globulen. Brit. /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/, U.S. /ˈɡlɑbˌjul/ Forms: 1600s globul, 1600s– globule, 1700s globle, 1700s globole. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin globulus. Etymology: < classical Latin globulus round lump, little ball, pill < globus globe n. + -ulus -ule suffix. Compare French globule spherical body of small size (a1662), blood corpuscle (1742), very small pill (1833). Compare also Spanish glóbulo (late 18th cent.), Portuguese glóbulo (1759), and Italian globulo (a1750). 1. A round drop (of water or other liquid); a small round particle of a substance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [noun] > sphere globule1661 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > small sphere or globule bayc1420 pommela1425 button1576 orbicle1610 globule1661 spherule1665 globeleta1718 globulet1746 beadlet1863 1661 R. Hooke Attempt Explic. Phænomena 11 Hence we find, that two small drops of water, on any superficies they can roule on, will, if they chance to touch each other, readily unite and mix in one 3d. Globule or drop. 1682 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies 100 It seems to be compacted out of many Globules or knots included in a common membrane. 1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 646 Some [snow particles] consisted of long round spiculæ; others approached to a round figure made up of small globules. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 68 When two particles of quicksilver are brought into apparent contact they may be made to unite and form one globule. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic vi. 155 A vertical stratum of vapour, consisting of exceedingly minute globules of water. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 251 The saturation..of the snow..enables the air to form itself into globules. 1902 Times 21 Aug. 5/3 Fine grey ash, moist and clinging together in small globules, poured down upon us. 1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 659/2 (caption) At high, cold levels they [sc. raindrops] mix with snow and freeze into globules of cloudy ice. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 164/1 The collision of particles produced globules of excited matter, or ‘fireballs’, which decayed into mesons. 2005 P. D. James Lighthouse iii. ix. 242 Now his forehead was wet with globules of cold sweat. †2. Biology. A red blood cell. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > blood corpuscle or plate > [noun] > red cells or corpuscles globule1674 red corpuscle1747 red blood disc1835 red cell1843 red blood corpuscle1844 pneumocyte1872 poikilocyte1886 haematid1888 normoblast1889 polychromatic normoblast1899 normocyte1900 spherocyte1908 polychrome1909 siderocyte1915 reticulocyte1922 proerythroblast1927 target cell1938 acanthocyte1952 sideroblast1954 1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 122 The small Red Globuls in the Blood..are heavier than the Crystalline liquor in which they are carried. 1702 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 322 The constituent Parts of that Fluid [sc. Blood], viz. the Globles, being broken and destroy'd. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 73 Blood Globules, by their Rotundity, Volubility, and Elasticity, resist Trituration, that is, Digestion. 1778 F. Burney Jrnl. (1994) 189 It's most secret recesses..are..laid as open to the View, as the blood Globules circulating in a frog's foot. 1839 tr. H. Schultz in Lancet 10 Aug. 712 By this means we are able to understand the true organisation of the so-called globules of blood, and of what I call the plasma. 1888 Catholic World Mar. 796 Various causes [of splenic fever] had been assigned, some tracing it to the excess of red globules in the blood of the animals. 3. Botany. The antheridium or male reproductive structure of a charophyte (stonewort). Cf. nucule n. 2. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > stoneworts > part or cell of globule1828 nucule1830 capitulum1849 shield1875 stipulode1880 shield-cell1882 1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptogamic Flora VI. 339 Fructification of two kinds; spirally striated nucules, and coloured globules. 1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §776 The fructification of the Characeae is of two kinds, nucules, and globules, both of them seated in the axils of the branchlets. 1955 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. (ed. 2) I. i. 125 According to the old terminology, the male fructification is a globule and the female is a nucule. 1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (rev. ed.) 474 The spherical orange antheridiophores (or globules; often called antheridia)..are visible to the naked eye. 4. A small pill or pilule; (in later use) esp. a homeopathic one. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > pill > small pill pilulea1398 pillock1570 globule1836 1836 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail 15 Apr. 1/7 The worthy doctor promised a quick cure, provided she would scrupulously swallow the globules which he would send on the following morning. 1855 Lancet 14 Apr. 389/2 In chronic complaints, simply requiring attention to regimen and diet to effect a cure, the patient may safely be amused by the ridiculous little globules of ‘sugar of milk’. 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. xci. 3 Too many among us..place more reliance in a phial or a globule than in the Lord and giver of life. 1994 Guardian Good Health Guide Fall–Winter 6/2 Homeopathic remedies which come in the form of pills, drops, granules, globules, powders, suppositories, syrups, tablets, ointments, etc. 2003 R. Bloch & B. Lewis Homoeopathy for Home 112 Do not touch the globules with your fingers more than is necessary. 5. Astronomy. = Bok globule n. ΚΠ 1947 B. J. Bok & E. F. Reilly in Astrophysical Jrnl. 105 255 In connection with the possible evolutionary process referred to above, we are primarily interested in roundish, small dark nebulae... We shall for convenience refer to these as ‘globules’. 1986 Astron. & Astrophysics 167 160/1 The distribution of dust within Lynds 810 itself is analogous in appearance to the cometary globules of the Vela-Puppis complex. 2003 Rep. Progress Physics 66 1654 Bok's enthusiastic advocacy of these globules as sites of star formation has since been vindicated. Derivatives ˈglobuled adj. formed into a globule or globules; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > small sphere or globule globulous1664 globuliform1798 globuled1804 spherular1820 globulose1822 blobby1882 1804 Plantæ Rariores 112 in Trans. Dublin Soc. 1803 4 Green globuled Lichen. a1889 R. Browning Poet. Wks. (1894) XVII. 82 Some heart which purely Secretes globuled passion. 1999 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. a14 The globuled, sluggish paint didn't spread on the door as much as stick. ˈglobule-like adj. ΚΠ 1836 J. Coldstream in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 693/1 The yolk is..marked with two rows of small spots, globule-like. 1941 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31 336 The cranium represents a unitary globule-like body. 1997 S. Sharma Approaches to Design Antiparasitic Drugs v. 162 Irreversible damage of eyes and loss of vision may occur as a result of globule-like lesions appearing in the cornea and limbal area. 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