| 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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