Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
witte bloedlichaampjes
English translation:
white blood cells / leukocytes
Dutch term
witte bloedlichaampjes
EN = Bone marrow depression: this effect is most pronounced 10 to 14 days after administration in the form of a decrease in the number of white blood cells followed by a decrease in blood platelets
I have often seen "witte bloedcellen", but "witte bloedlichaampjes" is new to me. Do you think it's the same thing, i.e. leukocytes?
Thanks!
| 4 +7 | white blood cells / leukocytes |
Barend van Zadelhoff
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| 5 | leukocytes, or white blood corpuscules |
Peter Simon
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Proposed translations
Netherlands
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Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
white blood cells / leukocytes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_blood_cell
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Note added at 16 mins (2013-11-24 13:57:47 GMT)
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you could also use 'white blood corpuscles' but this is used much less frequently
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Note added at 24 mins (2013-11-24 14:05:30 GMT)
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blood corpuscle / bloedlichaampje
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/blood corpuscle
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rainerc (X)
: Indeed! It's definitely not a technical term.
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Thank you. 'lichaampje' might sound peculiar to foreign ears. // I think it's a kind of relic from precytological days.
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philgoddard
: If you look at the etymology, lichaampje = corpuscle = small body.
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Right, I guess in sense 4 in van Dale: gevormd, samenhangend min of meer als levend gedacht geheel. This is how these structures must have appeared to early biologists. At the time they didn't realize these corpuscles really were small warm creatures. :-)
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Petro Ebersöhn (X)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Kirsten Bodart
: What else could it be?
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I have no idea.
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Christopher Smith (X)
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I like your tagline. It really appeals to me. It sounds authentic.
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Marjolein Snippe
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Even unambiguous things seem to be capable of being turned into a disentanglable knot.
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Netherlands
ATA cert.,ENHU transl.,MA,MS, Netherl.
Native in: Hungarian (Variant: Hungary) , English (Variant: British) 
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English, Dutch to Hungarian, and 2 more.
leukocytes, or white blood corpuscules
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Marjolein Snippe
: Bloedlichaampjes is a fairly common non-jargon term for witte bloedcellen/leukocyten; corpuscules, although the meaning is correct, is far from a common non-jargon term.
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Barend van Zadelhoff
: You sound confused. Apart from this, if you had a look at my answer you might have seen that I pointed out that the literal translation is 'white blood corpuscles' (I already mentioned it). It is synonymous, but used much less frequently.
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Discussion
I agree with Bahrend's answer.