Definitions for corpuscle

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corpuscle cor·pus·cle

Spelling: [kawr-puh-suh l, -puhs-uh l]

IPA: /ˈkɔr pə səl, -pʌs əl/

Corpuscle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in corpuscle (cceloprsu).

Definitions for corpuscle

noun

1. Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
2. Anatomy. a small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
3. Physical Chemistry. a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
4. any minute particle.

Origin of corpuscle

1650-60; Latin corpusculum, equivalent to corpus body + -culum -cle¹

Examples for corpuscle

As to the corpuscle being "Primal Substance," it must be admitted that its advocates have presented a very strong case.

And the third is likewise impossible in a corpuscle that is a perfect unity.

Let us see about this latest theory—the corpuscle or Electron Theory.

Everything in Substance now seems to be moving back to the corpuscle, as we shall see a little further on.

The soldier, or so to say, the corpuscle, separating at the command "Break ranks!"

And, in fact, such theory was about finally adopted as a working hypothesis until the discovery of the corpuscle.

It will be noticed that there are usually two bodies in a corpuscle.

The body is, as a rule, situated near the edge of the corpuscle.

The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.

The parasite is not more than three-quarters the length of the corpuscle.