microcapsule
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mi·cro·cap·sule
(mī'krō-kăp'səl, -sūl) 
n.
A small, sometimes microscopic capsule designed to release its contents when broken by pressure, dissolved, or melted.
n.
A small, sometimes microscopic capsule designed to release its contents when broken by pressure, dissolved, or melted.
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microcapsule
any very small thin-walled capsule of plastic, wax, etc., containing a liquid, powder, etc., from which the contents may be released (by heat, impact, radiation, dissolution, or other means) in order to fulfil some specific function. See also microencapsulation.
| microcalorimeter, microbore high-pressure liquid chromatography, microbody | |
| microcarrier, microcell, microchemistry |
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