Corpus

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Corpus is Latin for "body". It may refer to:

Linguistics

  • Text corpus, in linguistics, a large and structured set of texts
  • Speech corpus, in linguistics, a large set of speech audio files
  • Corpus linguistics, a branch of linguistics

Music

  • Corpus (album), by Sebastian Santa Maria
  • Corpus Delicti (band), also known simply as Corpus

Medicine

  • Corpus callosum, a structure in the brain
  • Corpus cavernosum (disambiguation), a pair of structures in human genitals
  • Corpus luteum, a temporary endocrine structure in mammals
  • Corpus gastricum, the Latin term referring to the body of the stomach
  • Corpus alienum, a foreign object originating outside the body
  • Corpus albicans
  • Corpora amylacea
  • Corpora arenacea

Surname

  • Victor Corpus (1944–2024), Filipino military officer and public official

Other uses

  • Corpus (Bernini), a 1650 sculpture of Christ by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Corpus (museum), a human body themed museum in the Netherlands
  • Corpus Clock, a large sculptural clock
  • Corpus (dance troupe), a Canadian dance troupe
  • Corpus (typography), another name for long primer-size type
  • Corpus, the figure of Christ on a crucifix
  • Corpus, the colloquial term mostly used for Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Corpus fund, the capital generated for the continued sustenance of an organization
  • Corpus, total amount of money invested by all investors in a mutual fund scheme
  • The Corpus, a faction in the online game Warframe, organized as a cult that worships profit
  • CORPUS, a dissident Catholic organisation
  • Enron Corpus, a database of emails from the disgraced American energy company Enron

See also

  • Habeas corpus, a legal mechanism to end detention of a suspect
  • Corpus delicti, a legal term meaning "body of the crime"
  • Corpus Christi (disambiguation)
  • Corpus separatum (disambiguation), a form of political administration used in international conflict resolution
  • Body (disambiguation)
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