SYN: corpuscle.
- corpuscula articularia SYN: articular corpuscles, under corpuscle.
- corpuscula bulboidea SYN: Krause end bulbs, under bulb.
- corpuscula lamellosa SYN: lamellated corpuscles, under corpuscle.
- c. renis, pl.corpuscula renis SYN: renal corpuscle.
- c. tactus, pl.corpuscula tactus SYN: tactile corpuscle.
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cor·pus·cu·lum (kor-pusґku-ləm) pl. corpusґcula [L. dim. of corpus] anatomical nomenclature for a discrete mass of specialized tissue; see corpuscle.Medical dictionary. 2011.