Corpuscle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
  2. a small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
  3. a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
  4. any minute particle.
noun
  1. any cell or similar minute body that is suspended in a fluid, esp any of the red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) or white blood corpuscles (see leucocytes)
  2. the encapsulated ending of a sensory nerve
  3. a discrete particle such as an electron, photon, ion, or atom
  4. any minute particle
    Corpuscle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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