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Variant of corpuscle

corpuscle Definition

cor·puscle (kôr′pus′əl, -pə səl)

noun

  1. a very small particle
  2. Anat. a protoplasmic particle or cell with a special function; esp., any of the erythrocytes (red corpuscles) or leukocytes (white corpuscles) that float in the blood, lymph, etc. of vertebrates

Etymology: L corpusculum, dim. of corpus: see corpus

Also corpuscule cor·pus′·cule′ (kôr pus′kyo̵̅o̅l′)

Related Forms:

  • corpuscular cor·pus′·cu·lar (kôr pus′kyo̵̅o̅ lər, -kyə-) adjective