Associations to the word «Corpuscle»

Wiktionary

CORPUSCLE, noun. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
CORPUSCLE, noun. A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.

Dictionary definition

CORPUSCLE, noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
CORPUSCLE, noun. Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats