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Definition of Corpuscle

1. Noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.

2. Noun. Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets.

Definition of Corpuscle

1. n. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

2. n. An electron.

Definition of Corpuscle

1. Noun. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. ¹

2. Noun. A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corpuscle

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Corpuscle

1. 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. Synonym: corpusculum. Origin: L. Corpusculum, dim. Of corpus, body (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corpuscle

corpus tali corpus tibiae corpus trapezoideum corpus triticeum corpus ulnae corpus unguis corpus uteri corpus vertebrae corpus vesicae biliaris corpus vesicae felleae

corpus vesicae urinariae corpus vile corpus vitreum corpusant corpusants corpuscle (current term) corpuscles corpuscula corpuscula articularia corpuscula bulboidea

corpuscula lamellosa corpuscular corpuscular-radiation pressure corpuscular lymph corpuscular radiation corpuscular theory corpuscular theory of light corpuscularian

Literary usage of Corpuscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The body of-the parasite exceeds the blood-corpuscle in length, when adult, and is bent upon itself, like a U- A very great number of species are known, ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"It should be said that there are other expressions for the mass of a corpuscle in terms of its charge which differ from the one we have obtained. ..."

3. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter by Joseph John Thompson (1907)
"PROPERTIES OF A corpuscle. HAVING demonstrated the existence of corpuscles, ... If the corpuscle is moving in a straight line with a uniform velocity v, ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"New Blood-corpuscle.*—According to G. Bizzozero, if the circulating blood in the small ... a third form of corpuscle which is colourless, round or oval, ..."

5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"28. corpuscle. In the same way the action of salt, in causing a crenation of the corpuscle, can be best explained by supposing that watery fluid has passed ..."

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