corpus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corpus /ˈkɔːpəs/
▶noun (pl. corpora or corpuses)
- 1 a collection of written texts.
■ a collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form.
- 2 Anatomy the main body or mass of a structure.
■ the central part of the stomach, between the fundus and the antrum.
– origin ME: from L., lit. ‘body’.
'corpus' also found in these Oxford entries:
caudate
- corpora
- corporal
- corporal
- corporal
- corporate
- corporeal
- corps
- corpse
- corpulent
- corpus callosum
- corpus cavernosum
- Corpus Christi
- corpuscle
- corpus delicti
- corpus luteum
- corpus spongiosum
- corpus striatum
- corsage
- corse
- corset
- habeas corpus
- incorporate
- lentiform nucleus
- luteal
- lutein
- progesterone
- striatum
