Medical Term:

spherule

Pronunciation: sfēr′ūl

Definition:

  1. A small spheric structure.
  2. A sporangiallike structure filled with endospores at maturity, produced within tissue and in vitro by Coccidioides immitis.

[LL. sphaerula, dim. of L. sphaera, sphere, ball]

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