corpuscle
English
Etymology
From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹˌpʌsəl/
Noun
corpuscle (plural corpuscles)
- A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 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.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 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.
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Translations
A minute particle
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