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corpuscle (n.)
1650s, "any small particle," from Latin
corpusculum
"a puny body; an atom, particle," diminutive of
corpus
"body" (see
corporeal
); for ending see
-cule
. First applied to blood cells 1845. Related:
Corpuscular
.
