corpuscle

(kor'pus-l) [L corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body.] I. Primary atom, metabolon, electron. 2. Any small ma or body. 3. A blood cell. 4. non-nucleated cell, amniot'ic c, amyl a'- ceo us c, am'yloid c, corpus ainylaceum. ax'ile c, ax'is c, the central portion of a tactile Bennett's c, Bizzo zero's c, etc., see the proper names, blood c, blood cell, leucocyte or erythrocyte, bone c, bone cell, bul'boid t., corpusculum bulboideum. calca'reo us c, one of the dentinal cells of the teeth containing earthy salts, car'tilage u., cartilage cell, cement' c, one of the bone-forming cells in the cementum of the tooth, chro'mophile c, Ni el 's* body, chyle c, a cell of the same appearance as a leucocyte, present in chyle, colloid c, corpus amylaceum. colos'trum c, a large granular cell in colostrum, concen'tric c, Ha all 's* corpuscle, cor'neal c, a flattened connective ti ue cell found between the laminse of fibrous ti ue in the cornea, dust c, see hemoconia. end c, corpusculum nervorum term in ale. exuda'tion t,, exudation cell, a. cell present in an exudate which a ists in the organization of new ti ue, fer'tilizing c, spermatozoon. gan'gUon c, gen'ital c, one of the end corpuscles on the external genitals, germ c, ovum, ghost c, phantom c. giant c, giant cell, in flamm'- atory u., exudation c. lam'ellated u., corpusculum lamellosum. lymph c, lymph at'ic c, lym'phoid c, a leucocyte found in the lymph and also in the blood, mar'ginal c, Giannuzzi's crescent, med'ullary c, odontoblast. mi'gratory c, wandering cell, milk c, one of the fat droplets in milk, znollus'cum c, one of a. number of minute bodies, whether protozoan parasites or degenerated cells it is undecided, found in the affected epithelial cells in molluscum contagiostun. mucous c, a cell resembling a lymph corpuscle present in mucus, mus'cular c, the nucleus of a striated muscular fiber, nerve c, (r) neuron; (2) one of the nuclei under the neurilemma in a medullated nerve fiber, nu'clear c, nucleoltis. o 'eous c, bone cell, phantom c, ghost c, shadow c, a red blood cell which has lost its color through lo of its hemoglobin, a chroma to cyte. plastic c, exudation c. polar c, centrosome. pus c, one of the leucocytes constituting the formed elements in pus. red c, erythrocyte. salivary c, one of the leucocytes present in saliva. shadow E., phantom c. splenic c, Malpighian c. starch c, corpus amylacetun. tactile c, corpusculum tact us. tendon c, one of the connective ti ue cells present between the fibers of tendons. ter'minal c, end c, corpusculum* nervorum term in ale. third c, Hayem's c, platelet, thymus c, Ha all 's t. touch c, corpusculum tact us. white c, leucocyte.