Relating to or characterized by the presence of small spherical or rounded structures, especially in medical or biological contexts.
From globule (Latin globus, 'ball') + -itic (suffix indicating inflammation or disease). The suffix -itic was added to create a pathological adjective describing conditions involving small round bodies.
This word appears mostly in specialized medical literature describing certain disease states, yet it's rarely used in modern medicine—a reminder that scientific language evolves and older terms get replaced by more precise ones.
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