Corpus
Definition of Corpus
Cor´pus
Pronunciation:
~pŭs
n.
1.
A
body
,
living
or
dead
;
the
corporeal
substance
of
a
thing
.
Corpus callosum
(Anat.)
the
great
band
of
commissural
fibers
uniting
the
cerebral
hemispheres
.
See
Brain
.
Corpus Christi
(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
(Law)
the
substantial
and
fundamental
fact
of
the
comission
of
a
crime
;
the
proofs
essential
to
establish
a
crime
.
Corpus luteum
(Anat.)
the
reddish
yellow
mass
which
fills
a
ruptured
Graafian
follicle
in
the
mammalian
ovary
.
Corpus striatum
(Anat.)
a
ridge
in
the
wall
of
each
lateral
ventricle
of
the
brain
.
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