Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLOB'ULE, n. [Fr. globule; L. globulus, dim. of globus.]

A little globe; a small particle of matter of a spherical form; a word particularly applied to the red particles of blood, which swim in a transparent serum, and may be discovered by the microscope. Quincy. Arbuthnot. Encyc. Hail stones have opake globules of snow in their center. Newton.