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Webster 1913 Edition
Corpus
‖
Cor′pus
(-pŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Corpora
(-pō̍-rȧ)
. [L.]
A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
Corpus callosum
(kăl-lō′sŭm)
;
pl.
Corpora callosa
(-s[GREEK]) [NL., callous body]
(Anat.)
, the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See
– Brain
. Corpus Christi
(krĭs′tī)
[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
(dē̍-lĭk′tī)
[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
(lū′tē̍-ŭm)
;
pl.
Corpora lutea
(-ȧ)
. [NL., luteous body]
(Anat.)
, the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
– Corpus striatum
(strī̍-ā′tŭm)
;
pl.
Corpora striata
(-tȧ)
. [NL., striate body]
(Anat.)
, a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.