different between corpuscularianism vs corpuscle

English

Etymology

corpuscularian +? -ism

Noun

corpuscularianism (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The postulate that all physical bodies possess an inner and outer layer of minute particles or corpuscles.

Related terms

• corpuscle

References

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

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