All 3 Uses
corpuscle
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- Corpuscles.†
- I always thought they should be called corpuscles.†
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- By a corpuscle.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(corpuscle) a small free floating biological cell, especially a blood cell
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A white corpuscle (today more commonly called a white blood cell) helps the body's immune system by destroying bacteria and fungi. At one time, corpuscle was also used to refer to anything that is very tiny -- especially a photon.