| 单词 | corpuscle |
| 释义 | corpuscle (once / 4343 pages) n The word corpuscle is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell. You're most likely to come across the noun corpuscle in a biology class, since it means a small cell, especially one that is free floating. Blood and lymph cells are both considered to be corpuscles because they are suspended in liquid within the body. Sometimes the word is used to mean simply "a small piece of something," which is how corpuscle was originally used, rooted in the Latin corpusculum, "a puny body, an atom, or a particle." WORD FAMILYcorpuscle: corpuscles, corpuscular USAGE EXAMPLESVeiny corpuscles pulse in one sky; a field of flame ripples across another. Los Angeles Times(May 31, 2016) In fact, as the neuroscientist David Linden explained to me, it involves a predictable misread by something called a Pacinian corpuscle. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) White corpuscles are formed in the lymph glands and in some of the marrow cells at a variable, but still prodigious, rate. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) 1n either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets Syn|Hypo|Hyper blood cell, blood corpuscle WBC, leucocyte, leukocyte, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system packed cellsa preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma RBC, erythrocyte, red blood cella mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus myelocytean immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow myeloblasta precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow macrocyte, megalocyteabnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) megaloblastabnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency lymph cell, lymphocytean agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection granulocytea leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm monocytea type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria basophil, basophilea leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains neutrophil, neutrophilethe chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes eosinophil, eosinophilea leukocyte readily stained with eosin acanthocytean abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm microcytean abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) reticulocytean immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules sickle cellan abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin siderocytean abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin spherocytean abnormal spherical red blood cell target cellan abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia somatic cell, vegetative cell any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes 2n (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Syn|Hypo|Hyper atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck grain a relatively small granular particle of a substance grindingmaterial resulting from the process of grinding chylomicrona microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood flyspecka tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly identification particlea tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture granulea tiny grain Microtaggant(trademark) a microscopic and traceable identification particle used to trace explosives or other hazardous materials or to prevent counterfeiting material, stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
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