Corpora

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corpora
       See {corpus}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corpus
       n 1: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn:
            {principal}, {principal sum}]
       2: a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
       3: the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
       [also: {corpora} (pl)]