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Sphericity; globosity.

A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. Globules of snow. Sir I. Newton. These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.

A little globule. Crabb.

Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.

An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

tions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with hæmatin to form hæmoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all…

A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.

Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.

Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

Same as Hematoglobin.

Same as Hemoglobin.

Same as Hemochromometer.

matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called hæmatoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called hæm…

Same as Hæmochromometer.

an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.

Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.

To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly. [Obs.] Milton.