Corpuscle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An unattached body cell, such as a blood or lymph cell.
  • n. A rounded globular mass of cells, such as the pressure receptor on certain nerve endings.
  • n. A discrete particle, such as a photon or an electron.
  • n. A minute globular particle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
  • 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.
  • n. An electron.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A minute particle, molecule, or atom of matter.
  • n. In zoology and anatomy, some small body regarded by itself and characterized by a qualifying term: usually a body of microscopic size; a cell. See phrases below.
  • n. In botany, specifically, one of several large cells within the endosperm and near the summit of the embryo sac in gymnosperms, from which after fertilization an embryo is developed: so named by R. Brown.
  • n. Same as corposant.
  • n. Of the kidney, small globular masses of dark-red color, found in the cortical substance of the organ, consisting of a central glomerulus of blood-vessels (the Malpighian tuft), and of a membranous capsule which is the beginning of a uriniferous tubule.
  • n. In electricity, a body smaller than an atom, assumed to explain the phenomena of electric discharges in gases, and of radioactivity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
  • n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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    atom    molecule    electron    particle    cell   
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