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A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

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  1. n. A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
  2. n. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
  3. n. a collection of writings
  4. n. the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
  5. A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain. -- Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [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 Etym: [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; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. -- Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
  6. A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body](Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebralhemispheries. See Brain.-- Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), afestival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday afterTrinity Sunday.-- Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.-- Corpus delicti (d Etym: [L., the body of the crime] (Law), thesubstantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; theproofs essential to establish a crime.-- Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body](Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafianfollicle in the mammalian ovary.-- Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL.,striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricleof the brain.
  7. n:100 n. a collection of writings n. the main part of an organ or other bodily structure