corpuscle

A noun referring to a minute body or cell in an organism, especially a red or white blood cell.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma pequena partícula ou célula do organismo, especialmente as células do sangue, como as hemácias e os leucócitos.

1. Blood cell C1 formal medical

   A minute body or cell in the blood, especially a red or white blood cell.

   • Red corpuscles carry oxygen throughout the body.
   • The doctor examined the patient's white corpuscle count.
   • Corpuscles are essential components of human blood.

   🇵🇹Célula sanguínea

   Sinônimos: blood cellblood corpuscle

2. Small particle C2 formal scientific

   A minute or tiny particle of matter, often used in physics or chemistry.

   • The scientist studied the movement of corpuscles in the solution.
   • Light was once thought to consist of tiny corpuscles.
   • Corpuscles of dust floated in the sunbeam.

   🇵🇹Partícula

   Sinônimos: atomgrainmoleculemoteparticlespeck

• corpuscles plural form
• corpuscles' possessive plural form
• corpuscle's possessive singular form