corpuscle : Idioms & Phrases

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Blood corpuscle

  • noun either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
    blood cell; corpuscle.
WordNet
  • . See Corpuscle.
Webster 1913

Lymph corpuscles

  • (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle.
Webster 1913

Malhighian capsules ∨ corpuscles

  • the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.
Webster 1913

malpighian corpuscle

  • noun the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
    malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle.
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Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen

  • masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
Webster 1913

pacinian corpuscle

  • noun a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
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Pyoid corpuscles

  • (Med.), cells of a size larger than pus corpuscles, containing two or more of the latter.
Webster 1913

Red blood corpuscles

  • (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from 1⁄3500 to 1⁄3200 of an inch in diameter and about 1⁄12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid hæmoglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless.
Webster 1913

renal corpuscle

  • noun the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
    malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle.
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white blood corpuscle

  • noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
    white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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White blood corpuscles

  • noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
    white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
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  • (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1⁄2500 of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles.
Webster 1913

White corpuscle

  • noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
    white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; leucocyte.
WordNet
  • . (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
Webster 1913