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The word capsule may refer to:

  • A Space Capsule is a type of manned spacecraft.

  • A small gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medication. See Tablet .

  • A Time Capsule is a cache of items and/or information to be preserved for future times.

  • A protective cover for a cork on a Bottle .

  • A Capsule Hotel is a type of very dense overnight lodging popular in urban Japan.

  • Capsule (fruit) , a type of dry fruit like the poppy, iris or foxglove.

  • Another name for the Sporangium of mosses and hornworts.

  • The scar tissue naturally forming around breast implants. See Capsular Contracture .

  • Capsule (anatomy) , a cover or envelope partly or wholly surrounding a structure.

  • Capsule (microbiology) , a layer that lies outside the cell wall of bacteria.