## Meanings
1. A small, smooth case containing medicine that you swallow whole.
2. A small container, especially one designed to hold or protect something.
3. The part of a spacecraft in which the crew travels.

## Examples
- The doctor told me to take one capsule twice a day.
- They buried a time capsule full of photos in the school garden.
- The astronauts returned to Earth inside the capsule.

## Derived Forms
- biocapsule
- caplet
- capsular
- capsulate
- capsulation
- capsulectomy
- capsuler
- capsuliferous
- capsuliform
- capsuligenous
- capsulise
- capsulitis

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kap-
- Root: capsule
- Root: capsula

## Etymology
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

## AI Etymology
Capsule was borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

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