Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Globule

Globule , noun

[Latin globulus, dim. of globus globe: compare French globule.]

1.
A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
Globules of snow. — Sir I. Newton
These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk... deeply in the skull. — Paley
2.
(Biology) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
3.
A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.