corpusclenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔː.pʌs.əl/us/ˈkɔːr.pʌs.əl/specializedany of the red or white cells in the blood
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Cells
- -celled
- anaphase
- assort
- cell wall
- chromatid
- gamete
- hemoglobin
- histology
- metaphase
- mitochondrial
- mitochondrion
- monoclonal
- motor neuron
- neoplasia
- nerve cell
- neuron
- platelet
- respiration
- unicellular
- vacuole
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The circulatory system & blood
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- At first the red corpuscles will be seen as pale, disk-like bodies floating in the clear fluid.
- How are the red corpuscles able to take up and give off oxygen?
- It appears to take some part in the formation of blood corpuscles.
- There are two kinds of corpuscles, red and white.
- These colorless corpuscles increase when there is disease of the lymphatic glands, but whether this is the cause of their increase or perversion is not known.