Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 11 compound words that contain corpora. The most common are listed below. Open corpora in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- corpora arenaceaCalcified structures in the pineal gland and other areas of the brain such as the choroid plexus.
- corpora luteaplural of corpus luteum: A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.
- corpora cavernosaplural of corpus cavernosum: One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.
- corpora allataplural of corpus allatum: A structure, near the brain of young arthropods, that secretes the hormone neotenin.
- habeas corporaplural of habeas corpus: A writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person's imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.
- corpora jurisplural of corpus juris: The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
- corpora striataplural of corpus striatum: The striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain
- corpora delictiplural of corpus delicti: The evidence that a crime has occurred.
- corpora callosaplural of corpus callosum: In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
- corpora spongiosaplural of corpus spongiosum: The mass of spongy erectile tissue surrounding the urethra within the penis or clitoris.
- corpora viliaplural of corpus vile: A person, animal or thing treated as expendable, to therefore use as an experimental subject regardless of whatever loss or damage it may suffer as a result.
Compound words 11
- corporationA body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
- corporationsplural of corporation: A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
- corporatesplural of corporate: Of or relating to an institution.
- corporatedsimple past and past participle of corporate
- corporalesplural of corporale: Alternative form of corporal (communion cloth)
- corporatingpresent participle and gerund of corporate
- metacorporaplural of metacorpus: The swollen posterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
- subcorporaplural of subcorpus: A subset of a corpus.
- corporacesplural of corporace: The corporal, or communion cloth.
- corporasesplural of corporas: The corporal, or communion cloth.