corpuscle

[kor´pus'l]

any small mass or body. adj., adj corpus´cular.

blood corpuscle blood cell.

colostrum c's large rounded bodies in colostrum, containing droplets of fat and sometimes a nucleus.

Krause's corpuscle end-bulb.

malpighian corpuscle the funnel-like structure constituting the beginning of the structural unit of the kidney (nephron) and comprising the malpighian capsule and its partially enclosed glomerulus. Called also renal corpuscle.

Meissner's corpuscle tactile corpuscle.

Purkinje's c's large, branched nerve cells composing the middle layer of the cortex of the cerebellum.

red corpuscle (red blood corpuscle) erythrocyte.

renal corpuscle malpighian corpuscle.

tactile corpuscle a medium-sized nerve ending in the skin, particularly the fingertips and lips; called also Meissner's corpuscle and tactile papilla.

white corpuscle (white blood corpuscle) leukocyte.

e·ryth·ro·cyte

(ĕ-rith'rō-sīt),

A mature red blood cell.

Synonym(s): red blood cell, red corpuscle

[erythro- + G. kytos, cell]

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red corpuscle

See red blood cell.

e·ryth·ro·cyte

(ĕ-rith'rŏ-sīt)

A mature red blood cell.
Synonym(s): hemacyte, red blood cell, red cell, red corpuscle.

[erythro- + G. kytos, cell]

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e·ryth·ro·cyte

(ĕ-rith'rŏ-sīt)

A mature red blood cell.
Synonym(s): hemacyte, red blood cell, red cell, red corpuscle.

[erythro- + G. kytos, cell]

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