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corpus

cor·pus

UK/ˈkɔɹpəs/ US/ˈkɔɹpəs/ uncommon archaic informal

noun

1.

capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

Synonyms
2.

a collection of writings

  • “he edited the Hemingway corpus”
3.

the main part of an organ or other bodily structure

Origin

Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff.

Phrases

  • aligned parallel corpus
  • corpus callosum
  • corpus cavernosum
  • corpus cavernosum clitoridis
  • corpus cavernosum penis
  • corpus delicti
  • corpus language
  • corpus linguistics

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