Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 10 compound words that contain corpus. The most common are listed below. Open corpus in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- habeas corpusA 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.
- Corpus ChristiA feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
- corpus callosumIn placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
- corpus linguisticsA branch of linguistics that studies large samples (corpora) of real-world text, usually with the aid of computer software.
- corpus cavernosumOne of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.
- corpus luteumA yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.
- corpus delictiThe evidence that a crime has occurred.
- corpus jurisThe entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
- corpus striatumThe striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain
- corpus spongiosumThe mass of spongy erectile tissue surrounding the urethra within the penis or clitoris.
- writ of habeas corpusSynonym 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.
- Pio V. CorpusA municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
- corpus cavernosum clitoridisA sponge-like region of erectile tissue that fills with blood during a female erection.
- corpus languageA language that has no living speakers, though a number of productions of its native speakers have been preserved in some way, usually in written records.
- corpus managerA sophisticated tool for analyzing multilingual corpora.
- corpus allatumA structure, near the brain of young arthropods, that secretes the hormone neotenin.
- corpus callosotomyA surgical procedure in which the corpus callosum is severed to control generalised seizures.
- corpus separatumA city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.
- corpus languagesplural of corpus language: A language that has no living speakers, though a number of productions of its native speakers have been preserved in some way, usually in written records.
- corpus vileA 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.
- corpus fetishismAn insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language constructs is from the corpus (existing body of literature) of the language
- writs of habeas corpusplural of writ 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.
- corpus calloscotomyMisspelling of corpus callosotomy: A surgical procedure in which the corpus callosum is severed to control generalised seizures.
- corpus callosotomiesplural of corpus callosotomy: A surgical procedure in which the corpus callosum is severed to control generalised seizures.
- corpus fimbriatumThe outer or ovarian end of the oviduct.
Compound words 10
- corporateOf or relating to an institution.
- hemicorporectomyThe surgical procedure which cuts through the spine and removes the lower half of the body from the waist down.
- noncorpusNot of or relating to a corpus.
- subcorpusA subset of a corpus.
- metacorpusThe swollen posterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
- procorpusThe anterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
- corpuscleA minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
- corpussesplural of corpus: A collection of written or spoken texts.
- corpusantAlternative form of corposant: An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere
- corpusantsplural of corpusant: An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere