Enclosed in or covered with a capsule; having undergone capsulation.
Past participle of capsulate, from capsula with the -ed suffix indicating completed action or state.
In microbiology, 'capsulated bacteria' are those surrounded by a protective capsule that makes them harder for your immune system to fight—which is why pneumonia bacteria and meningitis bacteria are so dangerous when they have this extra armor!
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