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Definition of Corpus

Corpus
Corpus Cor"pus (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. Corpora callosa (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain. Corpus Christi (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx. Corpus delicti (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. Corpus luteum (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. Corpora striata (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Meaning of Corpus from wikipedia

- Look up corpus, corpora, or corpuses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corpus (plural corpora) is Latin for "body". It may refer to: Text corpus, in linguistics...
- Habeas corpus (/ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/ ; from Medieval Latin, lit. 'you should have the body') is an equitable remedy by which a report can be made to a court...
- Corpus Christi (/ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti/ KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas...
- CORPUS is an international reformist organization in the Roman Catholic Church. They support allowing married and single people of both ****es to become...
- The corpus luteum (Latin for "yellow body"; pl.: corpora lutea) is a temporary endocrine structure in female ovaries involved in the production of relatively...
- The corpus callosum (Latin for "tough body"), also callosal commissure, is a wide, thick nerve tract, consisting of a flat bundle of commissural fibers...
- Look up Corpus Christi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corpus Christi (Latin for "body of Christ") may refer to: Feast of Corpus Christi, a Christian...
- In linguistics and natural language processing, a corpus (pl.: corpora) or text corpus is a dataset, consisting of natively digital and older, digitalized...
- Christina Corpus (born 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)) is the current and 26th sheriff of San Mateo County, California. Elected in 2022, Corpus is the first...
- Corpus separatum is a Latin term referring to a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but...