Corpuscle
['kɔːpʌs(ə)l] or ['kɔrpʌsl]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Atom, particle, molecule, mite, monad, scrap, bit, grain, jot, iota, tittle, whit, ace, scintilla.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Atom, particle, monad, jot, molecule
ANT:mass, body, aggregate, organization, matter
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Examples
- The invisible real world of atoms and corpuscles has its beginning in the reason, the word. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The dark bean-shaped cells are the normal blood corpuscles, and the few speckled cells are those infested with the malarial parasites. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thomson as to the arrangement of corpuscles within the atom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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