corpuscle
- n (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- n either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
- So bemoan the corruption of the season if you must, but remember: that cubic zirconia ring isn't some needless trinket; it is a corpuscle in the bloodstream of a mighty economic .
- The Revolution was one, and Jefferson was the healthiest, reddest corpuscle in it.
- Three or four hours later, a second stage begins, during which lymphocytes decrease and monocytes (another kind of white corpuscle) multiply and migrate from the blood into the .