Recent Examples on the WebIn the 1990s Dr Semenza was studying erythropoiesis, the process that generates red blood corpuscles.The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin corpusculum "small body, minute particle," from corpus-, base of corpor-, corpus "body" + -culum, diminutive suffix (variant of -ulus with nouns of the third, fourth and fifth declensions) — more at midriff