corpuscle

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
2. 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.

Similar words

blood cell blood corpuscle pacinian cacumen microparticle molecule atom submolecule subatom minicompound

Often followed by

is of and in to or from has with

Word family

corpuscles corpuscular