Corpus

Corpus callosum (kl*l"sm); pl. Corpora callosa (-s(?)) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain. -- Corpus Christi (kr***ibreve]s"t***imacr]) [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*l***ibreve]k"t***imacr]) [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"t*m); pl. Corpora lutea (-å). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. -- Corpus striatum (str***isl]*"tm); pl. Corpora striata (-tå). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.