corpuscle

From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːˌpʌsəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹˌpʌsəl/

corpuscle (plural corpuscles)

1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

     It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.

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.

• blood corpuscle
• kidney corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
• red corpuscle
• Ruffini's corpuscle

• corpuscular
• corpuscularism
• corpuscularianism