单词 | corpulence |
释义 | corpus /körˈpəs/noun (pl corˈpora /-pə-rə/)
ORIGIN: L corpus the body corˈpūlence or corˈpūlency noun
corˈpūlent adjective corˈpūlently adverb corˈpuscle /-pus-l (sometimes -pusˈl)/ noun
corpusˈcular adjective corpuscūlāˈrian adjective noun A person who holds the corpuscular theory corpuscularˈity noun corpus callosum /kə-losˈəm/ noun (pl corpora callosa) (L callosus callous, hard-skinned) (in humans and higher mammals) a broad band of nerve fibre between the two cerebral hemispheres corpus cavernosum /ka-vər-nōˈsəm/ noun (pl corpora cavernosa) (L cavernosus cavernous, hollow) a section of erectile tissue in the penis or clitoris Corpus Christi /krisˈtē or -tī/ noun The festival in honour of the Eucharist, held on the Thursday after the festival of the Trinity corpus delicti /di-likˈtī or de-likˈtē/ noun (law) The substance or fundamental facts of the crime or offence, eg in a murder trial, that somebody is actually dead and has been murdered corpus iuris /yooˈris/ noun A body of law, eg of a country or jurisdiction corpus luteum /looˈti-əm/ noun (pl corpora lutea) (L luteus yellow) a mass of yellow glandular tissue that develops in a Graafian follicle after the eruption of an ovum and secretes progesterone to prepare the uterus for implantation corpus spongiosum /spun-jiˈōˈzəm/ noun (pl corpora spongiosa) (New L spongiosus spongy) the blood sinus which together with the corpus cavernosum forms the erectile tissue in the penis corpus striatum /strī-āˈtəm/ noun (pl corpora striata) (L striātus furrowed) the section of the basal ganglia in the cerebral hemispheres of the brain that consists of the claudate and lentiform nuclei corpus vile /vīˈlē or vēˈle also wē-/ noun (pl corpora vilia) (L vilis worthless) a person or thing considered so expendable as to be a fit object for experimentation, regardless of the consequences corpuscular theory of light Newton's theory that light consists of a stream of material particles, applied in quantum theory Corpus Juris Canonici /jooˈris ka-nonˈi-sī or ūˈris ka-nonˈi-kē/ The body of the canon law Corpus Juris Civilis /si-viˈlis, kē-vēˈ or -wēˈ/ The body of the civil law |
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