meaning of corpuscles
1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
2. 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.
3. either of two types of cells erythrocytes and leukocytes and sometimes including platelets
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