corpuscle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
    speck; particle; atom; molecule; mote.
  2. noun either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
    blood corpuscle; blood cell.

WordNet

Cor"pus*cle noun
Etymology
L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus.
Definitions
  1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
  2. (Anat.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.
    Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with those of connective tissue. Quain's Anat.

Webster 1913