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corpuscle

/ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/US/ˈkɔɹˌpʌsəl/

corpuscle noun: a minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

Noun (1)

corpuscle (plural corpuscles)

  1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
    • [b]y mixing divers Liquors, very odd and remarkable Productions and Changes of Colours may be effected, of which no cause can be more obvious and rational than that the saline Corpuscles of one Liquor do variously act upon or unite with the tinging Corpuscles of another, so as to make them swell...1730, Isaac Newton, “The Second Book of Opticks, Part III, Proposition V”, in Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light, 4th edition, London, Kingdom of...
    • 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.1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend
  2. 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.
    • They gave me blood tests, of course. All kinds of blood tests testing my white corpuscles, testing my red corpuscles, testing one against the other.2017, Sam Shepard, Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 5

Noun (2) capitalized: Corpuscle

Corpuscle (plural Corpuscles)

  1. (Oxford University slang) A member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
  2. (Cambridge University slang) A member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

corpuscle meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Persian

corpuscle in Tamil

ஒளித் துகள், சிறுதுணிக்கை, இரத்த அணு, சிறுமெய்யம், சிற்றுடலி

corpuscle in Bengali

রক্তকণিকা, অণু

corpuscle in Kannada

ಕಿರುತುಣುಕು, ರಕ್ತ ಕಣ

corpuscle in Persian

A minute particle
کرپول karpul, ذره zarre

Forms of corpuscle

pluralcorpuscles
pluralCorpuscles

Origin of corpuscle

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

Words formed from corpuscle

Questions about corpuscle

What does corpuscle mean?
Corpuscle means a minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
What is corpuscle in Tamil?
Corpuscle in Tamil is ஒளித் துகள், சிறுதுணிக்கை, இரத்த அணு. See Corpuscle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corpuscle?
Corpuscle is a noun.
How do you pronounce corpuscle?
Corpuscle is pronounced /ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of corpuscle?
The plural of corpuscle is corpuscles.

Words near corpuscle in the dictionary

  1. corpus spongiosum
  2. corpus striatum
  3. corpus vile
  4. corpusant
  5. corpusants
  6. corpuscle
  7. corpuscles
  8. corpuscular
  9. corpuscularian
  10. corpuscularianism
  11. corpuscularians

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