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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•pus•cle /ˈkɔrpəsəl, -pʌsəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. 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 © 2026
cor•pus•cle  (kôr′pə səl, -pus əl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Biol.]an unattached cell, esp. of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
  2. Anatomya small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
  3. [Physical Chem.]a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
  4. any minute particle.
Also, cor•pus•cule  (kôr pus′kyo̅o̅l).USA pronunciation 
  • Latin corpusculum, equivalent. to corpus body + -culum -cle1
  • 1650–60;

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