white corpuscle

noun

1. white blood cell.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white corpuscle¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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.”

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A microscopic examination of cholera stools shows that their turbidness depends chiefly upon desquamated epithelium, with which is mixed white corpuscles and bacteria.

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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.

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On the method of counting red and white corpuscles with Thoma's Apparatus.

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Besides these, and floating along in the same plasma, are the white corpuscles.

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Related Words

• red blood cell 
• white blood cell