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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]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[esl]*l[icr]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[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
