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Cor·pus n.; pl. Corpora A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
Corpus callosum pl. Corpora callosa (-s░) [NL., callous body] Anat., the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain.
Corpus Christi [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 [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 pl. Corpora lutea [NL., luteous body] Anat., the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
Corpus striatum pl. Corpora striata [NL., striate body] Anat., a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
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