BLOOD CORPUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood corpuscle mean? 

• BLOOD CORPUSCLE (noun)
  The noun BLOOD CORPUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

  Familiarity information: BLOOD CORPUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD CORPUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood cell; blood corpuscle; corpuscle

Hypernyms ("blood corpuscle" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood corpuscle"):

leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)

packed cells (a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma)

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

Holonyms ("blood corpuscle" is a part of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

SYN blood corpuscle.

(Murine Blood Cells, NCI Thesaurus)