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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cor·pus·cle / ˈkôrˌpəsəl/ • n. Biol. a minute body or cell in an organism, esp. a red or white cell in the blood of vertebrates. ∎ hist. a minute particle regarded as the basic constituent of matter or light. DERIVATIVES: cor·pus·cu·lar / kôrˈpəskyələr/ adj.

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corpuscle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

corpuscle minute particle of matter. XVII. — L. corpusculum, dim. of CORPUS. See -CLE.

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corpuscle

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

corpuscle (kor-pŭs-ŭl) n. any small particle, cell, or mass of tissue.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

corpuscle •hassle, Kassel, passel, tassel, vassal •axel, axle •cancel, hansel, Hänsel, Mansell •transaxle •castle, metatarsal, parcel, tarsal •chancel • sandcastle • Newcastle •Bessel, nestle, pestle, redressal, trestle, vessel, wrestle •Edsel • Texel •intercensal, pencil, stencil •pretzel • staysail • mainsail • Wiesel •abyssal, bristle, epistle, gristle, missal, scissel, thistle, whistle •pixel • plimsoll •tinsel, windsail •schnitzel, spritsail •Birtwistle •paradisal, sisal, trysail •apostle, colossal, dossal, fossil, glossal, jostle, throstle •consul, proconsul, tonsil •dorsal, morsel •council, counsel, groundsel •Mosul • fo'c's'le, forecastle •bustle, hustle, muscle, mussel, Russell, rustle, tussle •gunsel • corpuscle •disbursal, dispersal, Purcell, rehearsal, reversal, succursal, tercel, transversal, traversal, universal •Herzl

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