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Meaning of cápsula




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cápsula
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Container wrapping, which coats or protects the contents. In some cases it also names the contents, as in capsules with a drug to ingest. It can be natural, as in seeds, or created for this purpose, as in bullets. It comes from the Latin capsule, ae, formed by capsa, ae ("box for books, cylinder for paper rolls, container in general") and the feminine diminutive suffix -ula.

  




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

In botany, it is a type of indehiscent nut, coated by a layer. It is usually spherical and has several seeds. It is formed from a supero ovary. It is a type of soluble wrapper in which some medications are supplied. It can also be a type of small spacecraft that is used for re-entry to Earth.

  



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