# Capsule

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**Capsule** may refer to:

## Biology and medicine

- [Articular capsule](/source/Articular_capsule) (joint capsule), an envelope surrounding a synovial joint
- [Bacterial capsule](/source/Bacterial_capsule), a layer that lies outside the cell wall of bacteria
- [Bowman's capsule](/source/Bowman's_capsule) (glomerular capsule), a sac surrounding a glomerulus in a mammalian kidney
- [Capsular contracture](/source/Capsular_contracture), the scar tissue naturally forming around breast implants
- [Capsule (fruit)](/source/Capsule_(fruit)), or *seed capsule*, a type of dry fruit like the poppy, iris or foxglove
- [Capsule (pharmacy)](/source/Capsule_(pharmacy)), a small gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medication
- [Glisson's capsule](/source/Glisson's_capsule), a fibrous layer covering the external surface of the liver
- [Lymph node capsule](/source/Lymph_node_capsule)
- [Renal capsule](/source/Renal_capsule), a tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney
- [Yeast capsule](/source/Yeast_capsule), a layer surrounding some pathogenic yeasts

### Capsules of the brain

- [External capsule](/source/External_capsule)
- [Extreme capsule](/source/Extreme_capsule)
- [Internal capsule](/source/Internal_capsule)

## Other uses

- [Capsule (band)](/source/Capsule_(band)), a Japanese electronic duo
- [Capsule (CRM)](/source/Capsule_(CRM)), a Customer Relationship Management SaaS web application and mobile app
- [Capsule (Ferris wheel)](/source/Capsule_(Ferris_wheel)), a passenger compartment
- [Capsule (geometry)](/source/Capsule_(geometry)), a shape consisting of a cylinder capped with hemispheres
- [Capsule hotel](/source/Capsule_hotel), a type of very dense overnight lodging popular in urban Japan
- [Capsule (microphone)](/source/Capsule_(microphone)), the component which converts acoustic energy into an electric signal
- [Capsule neural network](/source/Capsule_neural_network), a type of artificial neural network
- [Capsule review](/source/Capsule_review), short critique
- [Capsule toy](/source/Capsule_toy), vending machine prize
- [Capsule (website)](/source/Capsule_(website)), an event-sharing social platform
- [Space capsule](/source/Space_capsule), a type of crewed spacecraft
- *[The Capsule](/source/The_Capsule)*, a 2012 Greek short film
- [Time capsule](/source/Time_capsule), a cache of items and/or information to be preserved for future times

## See also

- [Encapsulation (disambiguation)](/source/Encapsulation_(disambiguation))

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