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Corpora

Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]). 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.

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corpora

n. (corpus English)

WordNet
corpora

See corpus

corpus
  1. n. 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

  4. [also: corpora (pl)]

Wikipedia
Corpora (journal)

Corpora is a twice-yearly peer-reviewed linguistic academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on corpus linguistics, with a focus on corpus construction and corpus technology. It is edited by Tony McEnery of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

Usage examples of "corpora".

Kremine believes that continued priapism is produced by effusion of blood into the corpora cavernosa, which is impeded on its return.

The inferior peduncles are the corpora restiformia, previously described, and consist of both sensory and motor filaments.

Anglia natus est puer geminus a clune ad superiores partes ita divisus, ut duo haberet capita, duo corpora integra ad renes cum suis brachiis, qui baptizatus triduo supervixit.

Paget and Henry mention cases in which the corpora callosum, the fornix, and septum lucidum were imperfectly formed.

This accident consists in the laceration of the corpora cavernosa, followed by extensive extravasation of blood into the erectile tissue.

Veazie relates a case of fracture of the corpora cavernosa occurring in coitus.

In these animals modified by heredity, the two eyes generally protruded, although in the parents usually only one showed exophthalmia, the lesion having been made in most cases only on one of the corpora restiformia.

He gives Tim cookies while addressing the boxes, exhibiting that ambidextrous bilateral competence so characteristic of contemporary American parents - all boasting hypertrophic corpora callosa, no doubt, could one but see them.