Corpus is
Latin for "body". It may refer to:
Linguistics
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Text corpus, in linguistics, a large and structured set of texts
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Speech corpus, in linguistics, a large set of speech audio files
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Corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics is the study of language, study of a language as that language is expressed in its text corpus (plural ''corpora''), its body of "real world" text. Corpus linguistics proposes that a reliable analysis of a language is more feas ...
, a branch of linguistics
Music
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''Corpus'' (album), by Sebastian Santa Maria
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Corpus Delicti (band), also known simply as Corpus
Medicine
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Corpus callosum, a structure in the brain
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Corpus cavernosum (disambiguation) Corpus cavernosum may refer to:
* Corpus cavernosum clitoridis
* Corpus cavernosum penis
* "Corpus cavernosum urethrae" was used for corpus spongiosum
The corpus spongiosum is the mass of spongy tissue surrounding the male urethra within the p ...
, a pair of structures in human genitals
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Corpus luteum
The corpus luteum (Latin for "yellow body"; plural corpora lutea) is a temporary endocrine structure in female ovaries involved in the production of relatively high levels of progesterone, and moderate levels of estradiol, and inhibin A. It is t ...
, a temporary endocrine structure in mammals
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Corpus gastricum
The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach is ...
, the Latin term referring to the body of the stomach
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Corpus alienum
A foreign body (FB) is any object originating outside the body of an organism. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object.
Most references to foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs.
Foreign b ...
, a foreign object originating outside the body
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Corpus albicans
The corpus albicans (Latin for "whitening body"; also known as atretic corpus luteum, corpus candicans, or simply as albicans) is the regressed form of the corpus luteum. As the corpus luteum is being broken down by macrophages, fibroblasts lay d ...
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Corpora amylacea
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Corpora arenacea
Other uses
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''Corpus'' (Bernini), a 1650 sculpture of Christ by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Corpus (museum), a human body themed museum in the Netherlands
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Corpus Clock, a large sculptural clock
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Corpus (dance troupe), a Canadian dance troupe
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Corpus (typography), another name for long primer-size type
* Corpus, the figure of Christ on a
crucifix
* Corpus fund, the
capital
Capital may refer to:
Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
generated for the continued sustenance of an organization
* Corpus, total amount of money invested by all investors in a
Mutual Fund scheme
* The Corpus, a faction in the online game ''
Warframe'', organized as a cult that worships profit
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CORPUS, a dissident Catholic organisation
See also
* Corpus (archaeology), a sum collection or group of artefacts of one particular kind
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Habeas corpus'', a legal mechanism to end detention of a suspect
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Corpus delicti'', a legal term meaning "body of the crime"
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Corpus Christi (disambiguation)
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Corpus separatum (disambiguation), a form of political administration used in international conflict resolution
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Body (disambiguation)
Body may refer to:
In science
* Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
* Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
* Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animal ...
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