corpus : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior
  amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus.
  

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• noun a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
  

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• pl. Corpora callosa (-s) NL., callous body (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain.

Webster 1913

• noun Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
  
• noun a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
  

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• L., body of Christ (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

Webster 1913

• . Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.

Webster 1913

• noun the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)
  

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• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
  lateral geniculate body; lateral geniculate.
  

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• noun a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
  medial geniculate; medial geniculate body.
  

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• noun yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun
  

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• pl. Corpora lutea . NL., luteous body (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.

Webster 1913

• noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
  mammillary body; mamillary body.
  

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• noun the large central part of the breastbone
  gladiolus.
  

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• noun a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
  striatum; striate body.
  

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• pl. Corpora striata . NL., striate body (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Webster 1913

• noun a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  habeas corpus.
  
• noun the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
  

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Ha"be*as corpus

Etymology

L. you may have the body.

Definitions

1. (Law) A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.

Webster 1913

• noun a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  habeas corpus.
  

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