A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.

(informal) Corpus Christi (city in Texas) / (Cambridge University slang) Clipping of Corpus Christi, referring to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

(law) The evidence that a crime has occurred.

A person, animal or thing treated as expendable, to therefore use as an experimental subject regardless of whatever loss or damage it may suffer as a result.

(anatomy) The striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain

(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.

A structure, near the brain of young arthropods, that secretes the hormone neotenin.

(linguistics) An insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language constructs is from the corpus (existing body of literature) of the language

(law) A writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person's imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.

(informal, law) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.