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An orb-shaped shell that is usually made of a resorbable plastic polymer, that has a very small diameter, and that is often filled with a substance (as a drug or antibody) for release as the shell is degraded; Also: Small orb shaped particles, with diameters typically from 1 ?m to 1000 ?m.

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