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All corpuscle synonyms

cor·pus·cle
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noun corpuscle

  • germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
  • egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
  • unit — a single thing or person.
  • bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
  • red blood cell — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
  • white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
  • beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
  • muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
  • meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
  • fat — File Allocation Table
  • microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
  • spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
  • vacuole — a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
  • follicle — Anatomy. a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
  • utricle — a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
  • weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
  • food — any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
  • fatness — the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
  • cells — a wireless telephone using a system of low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell) and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling broad-scale portable phone service.
  • plasm — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
  • protoplasm — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
  • plasma — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
  • cellule — a very small cell
  • hemocyte — a blood cell.
  • leukocyte — white blood cell.
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • thews — Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
  • skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
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