English noun: corpuscle |
1. | corpuscle (substance) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
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| Synonyms | atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
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| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chylomicron, flyspeck, grain, grinding, identification particle |
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2. | corpuscle (body) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
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| Synonyms | blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| Broader (hypernym) | somatic cell, vegetative cell |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | erythrocyte, leucocyte, leukocyte, packed cells, RBC, red blood cell, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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| Part meronym | blood |
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