CAPSULE

Capsule

In the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, encapsulation refers to a range of techniques used to enclose medicines in a relatively stable shell known as a capsule, allowing them to, for example, be taken orally or be used as suppositories. The two main types of capsules are:

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capsule

Noun

  1. A membranous envelope.
  2. A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  3. A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  4. A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.
  5. A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  6. A weasel.
  7. in a brief, condensed or compact form
  8. The covering - formerly lead or tin, now often plastic - over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.


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