corˈpuscle /-pus-l (sometimes -pusˈl)/ noun

1. A cell or other minute body suspended in fluid, esp a red or white cell in the blood
2. A minute particle (also corpusˈcule)

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