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noun, plural -po·ra 
[-per-uh] for 1–3, 5, -pus·es for 4.
[-per-uh] for 1–3, 5, -pus·es for 4. 1.
a large or complete collection of writings: the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
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the body of a person or animal, especially when dead.
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Anatomy. a body, mass, or part having a special character or function.
4.
Linguistics. a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.
5.
a principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income.
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Corpus
is always a great word to know.
So is artery. Does it mean:
| either of the two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the cavity of the larynx |
| a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body |
Example Sentences
- The corpus luteum provides a source of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy.
- They added up to a corpus of civilization, a series whose import had real stakes.
- With this book, it has entered the corpus of social and art history.
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World English Dictionary
| corpus (ˈkɔːpəs) | |
| —n , pl -pora | |
| 1. | a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic: the corpus of Dickens' works |
| 2. | the main body, section, or substance of something |
| 3. | anatomy |
| a. any distinct mass or body | |
| b. the main part of an organ or structure | |
| 4. | Compare tunica the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith |
| 5. | linguistics a body of data, esp the finite collection of grammatical sentences of a language that a linguistic theory seeks to describe by means of an algorithm |
| 6. | a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income |
| 7. | obsolete a human or animal body, esp a dead one |
| [C14: from Latin: body] | |
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Word Origin & History
corpus
(pl. corpora), late 14c., from L., lit. "body" (see corporeal). The sense of "body of a person" (c.1440 in Eng.) and "collection of facts or things" (1727 in Eng.) were both present in L. Corpus Christi (late 14c.) Catholic feast of the Blessed Sacrament, is the Thursday
EXPANDafter Trinity Sunday. Corpus delecti (1832), is L., lit. "body of the offense," not "the murder victim's body," but the basic elements that make up a crime; in the case of a murder, including the body of the murdered person. Also used in various medical phrases, e.g. corpus callosum (1706, lit. "tough body"), corpus luteum (1788, lit. "yellow body").
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Medical Dictionary
corpus cor·pus (kôr'pəs)
n. pl. cor·po·ra (-pər-ə)
The human body, consisting of the head, neck, trunk, and limbs.
The main part of a bodily structure or organ.
A distinct bodily mass or organ having a specific function.
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