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corpuscle
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corpuscle
n.
cell
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Corpuscle
Corpuscle may refer to:
- a small free floating biological cell, especially a blood cell
- a nerve ending such as Meissner's corpuscle or a Pacinian corpuscle
- any member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge or Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- a subatomic particle made obsolete by the modern electron and used in J.J. Thomson's plum pudding model of the atom
- a single, infinitesimally small particle of light. Isaac Newton proposed this term to represent a concept of light—as opposed to a photon, which exhibits wave and particle characteristics.
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corpuscle
Noun
1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
(synonym) atom, molecule, particle, mote, speck
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) grain
2. either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
(synonym) blood cell, blood corpuscle
(hypernym) somatic cell, vegetative cell
(hyponym) leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC
(part-holonym) blood
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corpuscle
n.
krvinka
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corpuscle
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krwinka
