corpuscle

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From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (body).

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corpuscle (plural corpuscles)

  1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
  2. A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.

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