Corpuscle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corpuscle is a noun meaning A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
Meaning
A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
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.
It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.
Word Forms
- corpuscles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cacumen, microparticle, atom, submolecule, subatom, minicompound.
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