Definition of corpuscles Corpuscles
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What does corpuscles mean?
Wiktionary 
- corpuscles (Noun)
Plural of corpuscle.
Part of speech
🔤- corpuscles, noun, plural of corpuscle.
WordNet
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| corpuscle - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | ||
| atom, molecule, particle, mote, speck | ||
| material, stuff things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" | ||
| grain the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" | ||
| grinding a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) | ||
| chylomicron a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood | ||
| flyspeck a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly | ||
| corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | ||
| blood cell, blood corpuscle | ||
| somatic cell, vegetative cell any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; | ||
| blood temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" | ||
| leucocyte, leukocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | ||
| packed cells a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma; "packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid" | ||
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Wiktionary
- corpuscle (Noun)
A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. - corpuscle (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- corpuscle (n.)
A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. - corpuscle (n.)
A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.
Part of speech
🔤- corpuscle, noun, singular of corpuscles.
