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CORPUS
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Irregular inflected form: corpora
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main part of an organ or other bodily structure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corpus" is a kind of...):
part; piece (a portion of a natural object)
Holonyms ("corpus" is a part of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A collection of writings
Example:
he edited the Hemingway corpus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("corpus" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
Synonyms:
corpus; principal; principal sum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("corpus" is a kind of...):
capital (wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value)
Context examples:
Bromocriptine selectively binds to and activates postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptors in the corpus striatum of the central nervous system (CNS).
(Bromocriptine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include uterine corpus leiomyoma, endocervical polyp, and benign ovarian germ cell tumor.
(Benign Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
The inhibition of cGMP degradation results in prolonged muscle relaxation, vasodilation, and blood engorgement of the corpus cavernosa, thereby prolonging penile erection.
(Avanafil, NCI Thesaurus)
Mechanisms of alteration include induction or inhibition of blood flow to the corpus cavernosa and nerve stimuli to the penile musculature.
(Penile Erectile Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs in the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine corpus, and cervix.
(Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
The portion of the urethra that spans the corpus spongiosum.
(Penile Portion of the Urethra, NCI Thesaurus)
A small endocrine gland in the brain, situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum, that secretes melatonin.
(Pineal gland, NCI Thesaurus)
The loss of astrocytes was more pronounced in the corpus callosum of the mutant mice.
(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)
It occurs in the uterine corpus and the cervix.
(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Once ovulation occurs, the granulosa cells become part of the corpus luteum.
(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
