n., pl. -po·ra (-pər-ə).

1. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject.
2. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
3. Economics.
   1. The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust.
   2. The principal of a bond.
4. Anatomy.
   1. The main part of a bodily structure or organ.
   2. A distinct bodily mass or organ having a specific function.
5. Music. The overall length of a violin.

[Middle English, from Latin.]

1. Principal of a trust, as distinct from interest income, which may consist of stocks, bonds, bank accounts, real estate, or other property contributed by the donor.

2. Principal amount of an investment note. Compare to Coupon.

3. Principal in a zero-coupon debt issue, which pays no interest to the holder until final maturity.

noun

1. A measurable whole: amount, body, budget, bulk, quantity, quantum. See big/small/amount.
2. The main part: body, bulk. See big/small/amount.

corpus, a related ‘body’ of writings, usually sharing the same author or subject‐matter. See also canon, oeuvre.

Any distinguishable body of tissue.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

[Latin, Body, aggregate, or mass.]

Corpus might be used to mean a human body, or a body or group of laws. The term is used often in civil law to denote a substantial or positive fact as opposed to one that is ambiguous. The corpus of a trust is the sum of money or property that is set aside to produce income for a named beneficiary. In the law of estates, the corpus of an estate is the amount of property left when an individual dies. Corpus juris means a body of law or body of the law. Corpus Juris Secundum is an all-inclusive, multivolume legal encyclopedia. Secundum signifies that it is the second series of the encyclopedia.

Pl. corpora [L.] body.

• accessory c. lutea — the corpora lutea which develop during early pregnancy in the mare and which follow the subsidence of the first corpus luteum.
• c. albicans, corpora albicantia — white fibrous tissue that replaces the regressing corpus luteum in the ovary in the latter half of pregnancy.
• c. amygdaloideum — a small mass of subcortical gray matter within the tip of the temporal lobe, anterior to the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain; it is part of the limbic system.
• c. amylacea — small hyaline masses of degenerate cells found in the prostate, thyroid, neuroglia and milk where they may be sufficient in a cow to block the teat sinus. They are formed by stasis of milk flow in a duct and inspissation of the fluids. Subsequently they may become detached and find their way to the teat.
• c. atreticum — scar in the ovary produced by atresia of a follicle when late in its development.
• c. callosum — an arched mass of white matter in the depths of the longitudinal fissure of the brain, and made up of transverse fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres.
• c. callosum agenesis — all or part of the corpus may be absent and there may be additional associated defects.
• c. cavernosum clitoridis — one of the pair of erectile bodies of the clitoris.
• c. cavernosum penis — either of the two columns of erectile tissue forming the body of the penis or clitoris. See also corpus cavernosum penis.
• c. cavernosum penis rupture — common in bulls occurring during mating; commonly at the distal bend of the sigmoid flexure; result in hematoma and subsequent adhesions with inability to protrude the penis properly or angulation of the penis.
• c. cavernosum urethrae — see corpus spongiosum penis.
• c. fimbriatum — a band of white matter bordering the lateral edge of the temporal cornu of the lateral ventricle of the brain.
• c. geniculatum — see geniculate body lateral, and geniculate body medial.
• c. hemorrhagicum — 1. an ovarian follicle, especially one freshly ruptured, containing blood.
— 2. a corpus luteum containing a blood clot.
• c. luteum — a progesterone-secreting yellow glandular mass in the ovary formed from the wall of an ovarian follicle that has matured and discharged its ovum. See also ovulation. In most animals that do not conceive the corpus luteum regresses quickly and a new follicle develops. The corpus luteum may be retained when there is uterine pathology which mimics pregnancy; no new follicle develops and the cow fails to come into heat. Called also retained corpus luteum. A similar clinical picture is observed with cystic corpora lutea.
• c. spongiosum penis — see corpus spongiosum penis.
• c. striatum — a subcortical mass of gray and white substance in front of and lateral to the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The main part of an organ or other bodily structure; A collection of writings; Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it.

Tutor's tip: The woman who compiled this "corpus" (complete body of knowledge or works) became a "corpse" (a dead body) long ago.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tekstsamling, tekstkorpus

Nederlands (Dutch)
corpus

Français (French)
n. - (Littérat, Ling) corpus, (Fin) capital

Deutsch (German)
n. - Korpus, Hauptteil, Stammkapital

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σώμα υλικού

Italiano (Italian)
corpo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corpo (m), bibliografia (f)

Русский (Russian)
тело, свод, суть

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuerpo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samling, samlad produktion, huvudparten, väsentlig del av kroppsorgan, kapital, korpus (språkv.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
尸体, 本金, 文集

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屍體, 本金, 文集

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신체, 전집, 원금, 전부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 集成, 全集, 資料, 死体, 元金

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه كتابات في موضوع معين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קובץ, אוסף‬

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