CORPUS


Meaning of CORPUS in English

[ 'kɔ:pəs ]

■ noun ( plural corpora or ~es )

1》 a collection of written texts.

↘a collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form.

2》 Anatomy the main body or mass of a structure.

↘the central part of the stomach, between the fundus and the antrum.

Origin

ME: from L., lit. 'body'.

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