different between corpuscle vs poikilocyte

English

Etymology

From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???p?s?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???p?s?l/

Noun

corpuscle (plural corpuscles)

1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
   • 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend

     It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.

2. 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.

Derived terms

• blood corpuscle
• kidney corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
• red corpuscle
• Ruffini's corpuscle

Related terms

• corpuscular
• corpuscularism
• corpuscularianism

Translations

English

Etymology

poikilo- +? -cyte

Noun

poikilocyte (plural poikilocytes)

1. (physiology) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.