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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•pus•cle /ˈkɔrpəsəl, -pʌsəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Cell Biologyan unattached cell, esp. a blood or lymph cell.
cor•pus•cu•lar /kɔrˈpʌskyəlɚ/USA pronunciation adj. See -corp-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•pus•cle (kôr′pə səl, -pus əl),USA pronunciation n. - [Biol.]an unattached cell, esp. of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- Anatomya small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
- [Physical Chem.]a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
- any minute particle.
Also, cor•pus•cule (kôr pus′kyo̅o̅l).USA pronunciation - Latin corpusculum, equivalent. to corpus body + -culum -cle1
- 1650–60;
cor•pus•cu•lar (kôr pus′kyə lər),USA pronunciation cor•pus•cu•lat•ed (kôr pus′kyə lā′tid),USA pronunciation cor•pus′cu•lous, adj. cor•pus•cu•lar•i•ty (kôr pus′kyə lar′i tē),USA pronunciation n. |