corpuscle
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corpuscle¹
- /ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/ UK
- /ˈkɔɹˌpʌsəl/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).
noun corpuscles
- A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. [b]y mixing divers Liquors, very odd and remarkable Productions and Changes of Colours may be effected, of which no cause can be more obvious and rational than that the saline Corpuscles of one Liquor do variously act upon or unite with the tinging Corpuscles of another, so as to make them swell, or
- A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. They gave me blood tests, of course. All kinds of blood tests testing my white corpuscles, testing my red corpuscles, testing one against the other.
Corpuscle²
noun Corpuscles
- A member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
- A member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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noun A minute particle
| Español | corpúsculo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 小体 xiǎotǐ |
| Português | corpúsculo |
| Français | corpuscule |
| Deutsch | Korpuskel |
| Italiano | corpuzzo, corpuscolo |
| Română | corpuscul, particulă |
| Русский | те́льце télʹce, части́ца častíca, части́чка častíčka, корпу́скула korpúskula |
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