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CORPUS
corpus
(noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
corpus
(noun) a collection of writings; “he edited the Hemingway corpus”
principal, corpus, principal sum
(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
corpus (plural corpora or corpuses or corpusses or corpi)
A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.
Synonyms: collection, compilation, aggregation, Thesaurus:body
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
Synonyms: digital corpus, text corpus
(uncommon) A body, a collection.
Synonyms: collection, Thesaurus:body
Etymology 2
Noun
corpus (uncountable)
(printing, dated) synonym of long primer
Anagrams
• croups
Etymology
Proper noun
Corpus
(informal) Corpus Christi (city in Texas)
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"pus (-ps), n.; pl. Corpora (-p. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain.
– Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [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 Etym: [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; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
– Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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