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    [Noun]  | "cor*pus" | \ ˈkȯr-pəs \


    1: the body of a human or animal especially when dead

    2: the main part or body of a bodily structure or organ

    3: the main body or corporeal substance of a thing; specifically : the principal of a fund or estate as distinct from income or interest

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Latin, "body, entity, group of people, collection, compendium" {mat|midriff|};

    [Noun]  | "corpus al*la*tum" | \ -ə-ˈlā-təm \


    1: one of a pair of separate or fused bodies in many insects that are sometimes closely associated with the corpora cardiaca and that secrete hormones (such as juvenile hormone)

    Origin: 1899 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin, perhaps literally, "inserted body";

      * Note : Term introduced by the German zoologist and entomologist Richard Heymons (1867-1943) in "Über bläschenförmige Organe bei den Gespenstheuschrecken," Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1899, 1. Halbband, p. 572. The Latin adjective allatus is the suppletive past participle of afferre "to bring with, deliver, contribute, insert" (see: {afferent:1|afferent:1}). It is unclear what meaning Heymons intended when applying the name to the organ. He at first named them ganglia allata, in the monograph Die Embryonalentwickelung von Dermopteren und Orthopteren (Jena, 1895), but in the later publication he changed the designation to corpora allata when he realized that they did not function as ganglia. He explains the name as follows in the 1899 paper: "Da diese hinteren paarigen Ganglien erst in Folge secundärer Wachsthumsprocesse beim Embryo volkommen passiv zu den übrigen Schlundganglien hingeschoben werden, so hatte ich sie als »ganglia allata« bezeichnet." ("As this anterior pair of ganglia have been pushed into the other esophageal ganglia in a completely passive way, only in consequence of secondary growth processes of the embryo, I had designated them as 'ganglia allata'.") Latin allatus is apparently meant as the equivalent of hingeschoben "pushed (in)" in German.;

    [Noun]  | "corpus cal*lo*sum" | \ -ka-ˈlō-səm \


    1: the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres of higher mammals including humans

    Origin: 1677 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin, literally, "tough body";

    [Noun]  | "corpus car*di*a*cum" | \ -kär-ˈdī-ə-kəm \


    1: one of a pair of separate or fused bodies of nervous tissue in many insects that lie posterior to the brain and function in the storage and secretion of brain hormone

    Origin: 1960 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin, literally, "cardiac body";

    [Noun]  | "Cor*pus Chris*ti" | \ ˈkȯr-pəs-ˈkri-stē \


    1: the Thursday after Trinity observed as a Roman Catholic festival in honor of the Eucharist

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin Corpus Christī, short for festum Corporis Christī "feast of the Body of Christ";

    [Noun]  | "cor*pus de*lic*ti" | \ ˈkȯr-pəs-di-ˈlik-ˌtī \


    1: the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime

    2: the material substance (such as the body of the victim of a murder) upon which a crime has been committed

    Origin: 1818 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin corpus dēlictī "body of the misdeed";

    [Noun]  | "corpus lu*te*um" | \ -ˈlü-tē-əm \


    1: a yellowish mass of progesterone-secreting endocrine tissue that forms immediately after ovulation from the ruptured graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary—abbreviation CL

    Origin: 1788 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin corpus lūteum "yellow body";

    [Noun]  | "corpus striatum" 


    1: either of a pair of masses of nervous tissue within the brain that contain two large nuclei of gray matter separated by sheets of white matter

    Origin: 1851 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin corpus striātum "furrowed body";

    [Geographical name]  | "Cor*pus Chris*ti" | \ ˌkȯr-pəs-ˈkri-stē \


    1: city and port on Corpus Christi Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico) at the mouth of the Nueces River in southern Texas population 305,215

    [Noun]  | "corpus" 


    1: the complete works of an author;


      * e.g., " ... Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement "



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    2: a dead body;


      * e.g., " ... international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity "



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     [ "corpus" ]

    1: Singular:Corpus

      * e.g.,  ... My professor was researching on corpus for comparing a language variety. 

     [ "corpus" ]

    2: Plural:Corpura

     [ "corpus" ]

    3: Corpura are documents of texts that were used in the 1980's or so, The two main companies that made them were the Brown College and British company, LOB.

     [ "corpus" ]

    1: Corporation night club. aka corp.. aka corpus

      * e.g.,  ... corpus t'night then shag? 

     [ "Corpus" ]

    1: the latin word that literally means the body, or a body. used today in english words that obviously have to do with a body, or a whole of something. (ex: corporation, incorporate, corpse, etc.)

      * e.g.,  ... hoc est corpus miem - this is my body corpus iacuit in villa - the body is lying in the house. 

     [ "Corpus" ]

    1: The act of gently squatting over a body.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: look at that dude passed out by the pool. 

     [ "Corpus" ]

    1: These kids that scream run dingers in the halls.

      * e.g.,  ... "Those kids from CORPUS are always running around screaming "run dingers"" 

     [ "north of corpus" ]

    1: A point that is five inches from the sun. Referenced very briefly in the namesake song by metal band "The Last Ten Seconds of Life" on their album "Soulless Hymns released in 201 The phrase can be heard at approximately 27 seconds, and can be used to describe somethings general location if you are a person who finds humor in referencing music in day to day conversation.

      * e.g.,  ... "North of Corpus, Five inches from the sun! Spilling out at both ends 

     [ "Habeas Corpus" ]

    1: The right of habeas corpus is the constitutionally bestowed right of a person to present evidence before a court that he or she has been wrongly imprisoned. The law just can't keep you locked up, execute you, or decide your fate without a determination of whether you've committed a crime or not. Section 9 of the US constitution states - The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

      * e.g.,  ... Since September 11th, Habeas Corpus has been suspended and the government has the right to execute enemy combatants without trial. They've also passed law that they can execute American citizens without trial as well if they are considered a threat. President Bush and Lincoln are the only two presidents to suspend Habeas Corpus and it is still currently suspended under the Obama administration (2010) giving the federal government full rights to assassinate whom ever they deem necessary without accusation or trial. 

     [ "Corpus Bitty" ]

    1: A slut who attends Corpus Christi and is a complete lowlife back stabbing bitch who wears make-up four shades too dark and about as much eye liner as a raccoon. They are not to be trusted and will turn against you. They will never tell you the full story and are drama queens. Don't forget the crop tops, low rise jeans and skiing socks with their moccasins! Oh and her boobs? Yeah she wears a double push up bra with a bando. You're welcome for the spoiling of the illusion.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Damn, that girl is hot! Person 2: Hell nawh, she's a corpus bitty 

     [ "Corpus Christi" ]

    1:  The body of Christ.

      * e.g.,  ... YO D00D corpus christi 

     [ "Corpus Christi" ]

    2:  A big coastal city in Texas, home of Whataburger.

     [ "Corpus Block" ]

    1: A measure of health in the game MADNESS: Project Nexus. In-game, a Corpus can be damaged until it is empty, which then it is vurnurable to be broken if it is hit again. If you aren't hit for a period of time, your Corpus will regenerate; This can be sped up by dealing damage. Broken Corpus are lost until you can reach a medkit or a certain point. Losing all of your Corpus will usually result in being incapacitated. Most adequate people can get up to three, but on average two is more likely, and for the especially frail people, one. It can also be viewed as a direct measurement of your ability to get up after sustaining a lot of injury. Additional Corpus blocks past five can be achieved by wearing stronger armor, or simply getting a lot stronger* Can also be shortened to just "Corpus" *Maxing out at Four

      * e.g.,  ... Sanford: Crap, I lost a Corpus Block back there. Deimos: Hey, that's why we have three! I'll tell you if we see any medkits around. 

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