corpuscle

A corpuscle (Latin corpusculum , small body) is called:

• in physics, in contrast to waves, the smallest mass particles, see particles
• In medicine, the corpuscular elements of the blood, such as the blood cells, see blood # Cellular components
• in anatomy corpusculum renis , the renal corpuscles
• in geometry the basic building block of an impulse-transmitting spatial network, see corpuscle geometry

See also: corpuscular theory , monad , corpuscularism

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