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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]).
     [L.]
     A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. Corpora
        callosa (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band
        of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres.
        See Brain.
  
     Corpus Christi (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R.
        C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on
        the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
  
     Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.
  
     Corpus delicti (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the
        crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the
        comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a
        crime.
  
     Corpus luteum (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea
        (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow
        mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the
        mammalian ovary.
  
     Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. Corpora
        striata (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in
        the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]).
     [L.]
     A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
  
     Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. Corpora
        callosa (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band
        of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres.
        See Brain.
  
     Corpus Christi (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R.
        C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on
        the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
  
     Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.
  
     Corpus delicti (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the
        crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the
        comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a
        crime.
  
     Corpus luteum (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea
        (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow
        mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the
        mammalian ovary.
  
     Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. Corpora
        striata (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in
        the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  corpus callosum
       n : a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral
           hemispheres

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  corpus callosum
     n.
     (lb en neuroanatomy) In mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that
  connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  corpus callosum
     n.
     (lb en neuroanatomy) In mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that
  connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  corpus callosum
     n.
     (lb en neuroanatomy) In mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that
  connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  corpus callosum
     n.
     (lb en neuroanatomy) In mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that
  connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  corpus callosum
     Englanti n.
     (''anatomia'') aivokurkiainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Corpus callosum
     Tyska n.
     hjärnbalk

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  corpus callosum /kˈɔːpəs kˈalɒsəm/ 
  aivokurkiainen
  Band of nerves connecting hemispheres

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  胼胝体

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