Usually means: Small, enclosed containers for medication.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word capsules:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. capsules: Merriam-Webster
  2. capsules: Collins English Dictionary
  3. capsules: Vocabulary.com
  4. Capsule's, Capsules, capsule's, capsules: Wordnik
  5. capsules: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. capsules: Wiktionary
  7. capsules: Dictionary.com
  8. capsules: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Capsules: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. capsules: FreeDictionary.org
  11. capsules: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. capsules: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. capsules: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. capsules: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. capsules: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. capsules: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (capsule)

noun:  (physiology) A membranous envelope.
noun:  (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
noun:  (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
noun:  (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
noun:  (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
noun:  (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
noun:  (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
noun:  (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
noun:  (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
noun:  (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
noun:  A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
noun:  A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
noun:  One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
verb:  (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
verb:  (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
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