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microcapsules

microcapsules is the plural of microcapsule.

Meaning of microcapsule

Noun

microcapsule (plural microcapsules)

  1. A very small capsule designed to release its contents when broken (typically, after being swallowed).
    • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200

Questions about microcapsules

What is microcapsules the plural of?
Microcapsules is the plural of microcapsule.

Words near microcapsules in the dictionary

  1. microcaps
  2. microcapsular
  3. microcapsulated
  4. microcapsulation
  5. microcapsule
  6. microcapsules
  7. microcar
  8. microcarcinoma
  9. microcarcinomas
  10. microcarcinomata
  11. microcard

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