Corpuscle

·noun A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

II. Corpuscle ·add. ·noun An Electron.

III. Corpuscle ·noun A protoplasmic animal cell; ·esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. ·see Blood.