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Corpuscular

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Adjective

1. corpuscular

of or relating to corpuscles

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Corpuscular

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noun
1. 
any cell or similar minute body that is suspended in a fluid, esp any of the red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) or white blood corpuscles (see leucocytes)
See also erythrocyte, leucocyte
2. anatomy
the encapsulated ending of a sensory nerve
3. physics
a discrete particle such as an electron, photon, ion, or atom
4. Also called: corpuscule (kɔːˈpʌskjuːl )
any minute particle

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Corpuscular

see synonyms of corpuscular
noun
1. 
a very small particle
2.  Anatomy
a protoplasmic particle or cell with a special function; esp., any of the erythrocytes (red corpuscles) or leukocytes (white corpuscles) that float in the blood, lymph, etc. of vertebrates

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Corpuscular

see synonyms of corpuscular
n.
1.
a. An unattached body cell, such as a blood or lymph cell.
b. A rounded globular mass of cells, such as the pressure receptor on certain nerve endings.
2. A discrete particle, such as a photon or an electron.
3. A minute globular particle.

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