'Corpus' definitions:
Definition of 'corpus'
From: WordNet
noun
Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn: principal, corpus, principal sum]
noun
A collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
noun
The main part of an organ or other bodily structure
Definition of 'Corpus'
From: GCIDE
- Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. [1913 Webster]
- Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain.
- Corpus Christi (kr[i^]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[-e]*l[i^]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[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
- Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corpus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A to izzard,
- A to Z,
- acquaintance,
- aggregate,
- all,
- all and sundry,
- alpha and omega,
- ana,
- anatomy,
- anthology,
- aquarium,
- assemblage,
- be-all,
- be-all and end-all,
- beginning and end,
- body,
- bones,
- bulk,
- capital,
- capital gains distribution,
- capital structure,
- capitalization,
- carcass,
- chrestomathy,
- circulating capital,
- clay,
- clod,
- collectanea,
- collection,
- compilation,
- complement,
- core,
- data,
- datum,
- each and every,
- equity capital,
- everything,
- experience,
- expertise,
- facts,
- factual base,
- familiarity,
- Festschrift,
- figure,
- fixed capital,
- flesh,
- floating capital,
- florilegium,
- form,
- frame,
- fund,
- holdings,
- hulk,
- information,
- intelligence,
- intimacy,
- ken,
- know-how,
- knowing,
- knowledge,
- length and breadth,
- library,
- mass,
- material body,
- menagerie,
- moneyed capital,
- museum,
- one and all,
- package,
- package deal,
- person,
- physical body,
- physique,
- practical knowledge,
- principal,
- private knowledge,
- privity,
- ratio cognoscendi,
- raw data,
- self-knowledge,
- set,
- soma,
- staple,
- substance,
- technic,
- technics,
- technique,
- the corpus,
- the ensemble,
- the entirety,
- the lot,
- the whole,
- the whole range,
- torso,
- treasure,
- trunk,
- venture capital,
- working capital,
- zoo