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red corpuscle
noun
- a red blood cell.
red corpuscle
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Origin of red corpuscle1
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This is an expression which indicates the amount of hemoglobin in each red corpuscle compared with the normal amount.
A single platelet lying upon a red corpuscle may easily be mistaken for a malarial parasite (Plate VI).
The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.
It makes its way into a red corpuscle, where it appears as a small, pale "hyaline" body.
A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.
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