Corpuscle Definition

kôrpə-səl, -pŭsəl
corpuscles
noun
corpuscles
A protoplasmic particle or cell with a special function; esp., any of the erythrocytes (red corpuscles) or leukocytes (white corpuscles) that float in the blood, lymph, etc. of vertebrates.
Webster's New World
A rounded globular mass of cells, such as the pressure receptor on certain nerve endings.
American Heritage Medicine
A very small particle.
Webster's New World
A minute globular particle.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Corpuscle

Noun

Singular:
corpuscle
Plural:
corpuscles

Origin of Corpuscle

  • Latin corpusculum diminutive of corpus body kwrep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).

    From Wiktionary

Corpuscle Sentence Examples

  • When the feminine corpuscle unites with a masculine corpuscle, a certain process is begun.

  • The mass of the electron or corpuscle is 7 0 X1028 gramme and its diameter is 3 X I 013 centimetre.

  • He explained chemical combination on the hypotheses that matter consisted of minute corpuscles, that by the coalescence of corpuscles of different substances distinctly new corpuscles of a compound were formed, and that each corpuscle had a certain affinity for other corpuscles.

  • In gases the electrons sometimes travel alone, but in liquids they are always attached to matter, and their motion involves the movement of chemical atoms or groups of atoms. An atom with an extra corpuscle is a univalent negative ion, an atom with one corpuscle detached is a univalent positive ion.

  • Whence oM_ HT e, M - 4 71m 1 The charge associated with a corpuscle is the same as that carried by a hydrogen atom.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

ELECLE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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