white corpuscle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white corpuscle
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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On April 3, 1934, in an article about a dying 4-year-old girl, a reporter described the disease as “an overabundance of white corpuscles in the blood,” adding that “its cure is infrequent.”
From New York Times
A microscopic examination of cholera stools shows that their turbidness depends chiefly upon desquamated epithelium, with which is mixed white corpuscles and bacteria.
From Project Gutenberg
At other times it is not sufficient, particularly if the disease has advanced and the number of bacteria is too great for the enfeebled white corpuscles to deal with.
From Project Gutenberg
On the method of counting red and white corpuscles with Thoma's Apparatus.
From Project Gutenberg
Besides these, and floating along in the same plasma, are the white corpuscles.
From Project Gutenberg
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