corpuscular

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cor•pus•cle /ˈkɔrpəsəl, -pʌsəl/   n. [countable]

1. Cell Biology an unattached cell, esp. a blood or lymph cell.

cor•pus•cu•lar /kɔrˈpʌskyəlɚ/  adj. See -corp-.

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cor•pus•cle  (kôr′pə səl, -pus əl), n. 

1. [Biol.] an unattached cell, esp. of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
2. Anatomy a small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
3. [Physical Chem.] a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
4. any minute particle.

Also, cor•pus•cule  (kôr pus′kyo̅o̅l). 

• Latin corpusculum, equivalent. to corpus body + -culum -cle¹
• 1650–60;

cor•pus•cu•lar  (kôr pus′kyə lər), cor•pus•cu•lat•ed  (kôr pus′kyə lā′tid), cor•pus′cu•lous, adj.  cor•pus•cu•lar•i•ty  (kôr pus′kyə lar′i tē), n.