Corpus

['kɔːpəs] or ['kɔrpəs]

Definition

(noun.) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure.

(noun.) a collection of writings; 'he edited the Hemingway corpus'.

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Definition

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

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Definition

n. a body: any special structure or function in the body; the whole body of literature on any subject.—ns. Cor′pulence Cor′pulency fleshiness of body; excessive fatness.—adj. Cor′pulent fleshy or fat.—adv. Cor′pulently.—n. Cor′puscle a minute particle; a physical atom—also Corpus′cule.—adjs. Corpus′cular Corpusculā′rian pertaining to corpuscles.—ns. Corpusculā′rian one who holds the corpuscular philosophy; Corpuscular′ity.—Corpus Christi the festival in honour of the Consecrated Host held on the Thursday after the festival of the Trinity; Corpus delicti a criminal law term in Scotland to signify the body or substance of the crime charged.—Corpuscular theory of light or Emission theory (see Emit).

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