corpse-sheet 
She Wears her ((//iw-xA.'. / <ll:i\MI \\eel II 1 1. 
,SV../r, Ill-lilt of \ll.l-l..>thian. 
corpulence, corpulency (kor'pu-lj;n, -Ion-si), 
. [= D. koi'imli a tit- = G . kuri>ul<-u: = Dan. kur- 
pulenl,i, < 1\ cnri>ulr.Hci: = 8p. P 
= It. <-i>rinilni:ii, C/II'/IH/I-II-II, < 
< fiir/nilfiitHJi, corpulent: see coryjutent.] 1. 
Bulkinoss or largeness of body; fullness of 
form, usually duo to great fatness; fleshiness; 
portliness. 
Not all 
Minims of nature ; some of serpent kind, 
Won. Irons in length and eorpul /!<,, involved 
Their sniiky folds, anil added win^s. 
Milton, V. L., vll. 483. 
2f. Density or solidity of matter ; body. 
The heaviness and corpulency of the waU'r requiring a 
Ci eat forec to divide it. Kay, Works of Creation. 
Corpulent (kflr'pu-lont), a. [=D. korpulent=G. 
I'lir/iiitt'iit = Dan. korpulent, < F. corpulent = Sp. 
Pg. It. corpulfiito, < L. corpulcntus, fleshy, fat, 
large, in L.L. also equiv. to corporeus, physical. 
corporeal, < corpus, the body : see corpus, corpse.] 
1. Fleshy; portly; stout; fat; having a large, 
fleshy body. 
They provided me always of a strong home, because I 
was very corpulent and heavy. Uattuyt's Voyages, 1. 112. 
"80 much motion," continues he (for lie was very cor- 
pulrnt), "is so much uuimietness." 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vii. 13. 
2f. Solid; dense; opaque. 
The overmuch perspicuity of the stone may seem more 
c'ii-i>iilt.nt. Holland. 
3f. Kelatiug to the body or to material things ; 
corporeal ; of the flesh ; material. 
How can the minister of the Gospel manage the corpu- 
li nt and secular trial of bill and process in things merely 
spiritual? Milton, Church-Government, ii. 3. 
To think anything pleasure which Is not corpulent and 
carnal. Hammond, Works, IV. vii. 
COrpulently (kor'pu-lent-li), adv. In a corpu- 
lent manner. 
corpus (kor'pus), n. ; pi. corpora (-po-ra). [L., 
the body : see corpse, corps 1 , corps*, corse, corito- 
ral 1 , corporate, corposant, corsaint, etc.] Lit- 
erally, a body ; matter of any kind, (a) In anat. : 
(1) The entire physical lx>dy of an animal. See soma. (2) 
Some part of the body specified by a qualifying term. 
Hee phrases below. (6) A collection, especially a complete 
one, or an account of such a collection. 
The best scholars were ready voluntarily to give their 
labors towards the completion of . . . a corpus of Oriental 
numismatics. Athenaeum, No. 8068, p. 211. 
(c) The whole content ; the material substance. 
The grant by the Legislature of an exclusive right to the 
water power of a navigable stream does not give title to 
the corpus of the water. 
Opinion quoted by Justice Hoar (Sanitary Engineer, 
(Sept, 1887). 
Corpora alblcantla (whitish bodies), the bulbs of the 
fornlx ; two small rounded eminences, white without, 
gray within, situated at the base of the brain, behind the 
tuber clnereum, and formed by a folding of the anterior 
pillars of the foruix. Msa corpora mammillaria. See cut 
below, and cut umlerirnin. Corpora amylacea (amyla- 
ceous bodies), small round bodies, homogeneous or lamel- 
lated iu structure, sometimes found in the prostate gland, 
cerebrospinal axis, and elsewhere. They strike a blue color 
with iodine, or with iodine and sulphuric acid. Though ab- 
normal, they do not necessarily indicate any grave depart- 
ure from health in the tissues. Also called cbrpusculaainy- 
lacea and amyloid corpust^t-*'. Corpora Arantii ( Aran- 
zi's bodies), tibrorartilaginous nodules situated one in the 
center of the free edge of each of the segments of the 
aortic and pulmonary valves. Also called noduli Arantii 
and corpora sexamoidea. Named from Aranzi, an Italian 
anatomist, 1630-89. Corpora CavernOSa (cavernous 
liodies), two cylindroidal bodies of erectile tissue, forming 
the larger part of the penis. In the body of the penis they 
lie side by side, but diverge behind to become attached 
to the rami of the pubes. The clitoris contains similar 
liodies of smaller size. Corpora genlculata (kneed or 
knotted bodies), a pair of small flattened oblong protuber- 
ances on the outer side of the corpora qntdngonliu, in 
relation with the optic thalami ; they are external and in- 
/null. -Corpora mammillaria (mummillary bodies). 
Same as corpora albicantia. Corpora Olivaria (olive- 
shaped bodies), a pair of prominent oval ganglia of the 
medulla ohlonuata. situated behind the anterior pyramids. 
Corpora pyramidalla (pyramidal bodies), the ante- 
rior pyramids of the medulla oblongata, consisting of the 
upward prolongation of the direct and crossed pyrami- 
dal tracts of the spinal cord. Corpora quadrigemina 
(fourfold bodies), the optic lobes of the higher vertebrates, 
when, as iu man, they present two pairs of eminences, the 
nates and testett. They are primitively higemluous (right 
and left), and when not become quadrigcminons by ad- 
ditional development; or not presenting four eminences 
separated by a cruciform depression, they are the corpora 
bigemina. see cut below. Corpora restlformla (cord- 
like, hiHlies), the large pair of bundles of white libers which 
pass upward on the dorsal side of the medulla ohlongata 
to form the |x>sterior pedimeles- of the retvlwlliim. Cor- 
pora sesamoidea. same as corjiora Arantii. -Corpora 
striata (striped bodies), large ganglia of the brain, of 
mi\ed white and gray stihstanee, situated beneath the an 
terior born of eueh lateral ventricle of the cerebrum. - 
Corpus adiposum (lattv bodyv in ,<(<., a tissue, com- 
posed t ailipnsr eel Is. which is intimately eon Meet ed witli 
the functions of digestion and assimilation. It is e~p, 
cially developed toward tlie end of the larval state, and 
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II '!l tppe;i!',, for the lllo.st part, dnrilll.' the pupa Jieriod, 
.1 oid\ a few traces of It an- found in /H,-,-M in their 
perfect state. It is usually of a white or a dirty-yellow 
color, hui is also olwerved of a green, red, or orange line. 
- Corpus bigemlnum (twofold liody), one of the twin 
1 i' lies of the brain ; one of the corpora quadrigcinina ; one 
oi th pair oloptlo or pottoptio lobe*. Corpus callosum 
(callous !>ody), the great white commissure of the hemi- 
spheres of the brain ; the commissura inagna, or traits 
i. This structure is peculiar to the Mammalia; it 
is first found in a rudimentary state in the ImplacentaU, 
corradial 
eoiisidered by him to he of the same nature -is the arche- 
gonia of the higher cryptogam*. They have also been 
called nfcondary riHoryu-taa. 
4t. Same as c</rpoa<.- Amyloid corpuscles. Bee 
corpora a in ifln<- fit, under cm-jnin. Blood corpuscle. See 
blood-corpH*cIe.- Corpuscle of Purklnje, a 1,0,,., , n 
Corpuscles of Vater. >ee /'nr-,,,,,//i , -,,, iMtcles, below. 
Corpuscles of Zlmmermaun. SceWooe/./Airf-. Oran- 
Vertical Longitudinal Bisection of Human Brain, showing median 
aspect of right half. 
av, arbor viue of cut cerebellum, Ctr. ; C, C, cerebrum, convoluted, 
uncut, being that surface of the right hemisphere which is applied 
against its fellow ; fc, corpus calloMim, its cut surface ; fy, corpora 
quadrigemina, cut ;/. fornix : between the corpus callosum anil the for- 
nix is the septum luctdum ; tt, medulla oblongata, cut ; at, a corpus 
.ilhii ans; OH, optic nerve ', ft, pineal body, or conariura : ft, pitui- 
tary body; /-. pons Varolii, cut; t, soft or middle commissure con- 
necting the optic thalami ; c, parncentra I lobule ; cu, cuneus ; pr, prx- 
cuneus; tic, anterior commissure. 
and increases in size and complexity to the highest mam- 
mals, colncidently with a decrease of other special cere- 
bral commissures. Also called callosum. Corpus can- 
dicans (whitish body). See corpora albicantta.Cor- 
PU8 Christ! (body of Christ), a festival of the Church of 
Rome, kept on the next Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in 
honor of the eucharist. 
In deep contrition scourged himself in Lent, 
Walked in processions with his head down bent, 
At plays of Corpus Christi oft was seen, 
And on Palm Sunday bore his bough of green. 
Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Torquemada. 
Corpus Christ! cloth. Same as pyx-cloth. Corpus cl- 
liare. (a) The ciliary body of the eye. (fr) Same as cor- 
pus dentatu m (&). Corpus dellctl(bi ly of the transgres- 
sion), in /" ". the substance or essential actual fact of the 
crime or offense charged. Thus, a man who is proved to 
have clandestinely buried a dead Iwdy, no matter how 
suspicious the circumstances, cannot thereby he convicted 
of murder, without proof of the corpus delicti that is, the 
fact that death was feloniously produced by him. Cor- 
pus dentatum (dentate body), (a) A plicated capsule 
of gray matter, open anteriorly, situated within the white 
sul>stance of each cerebellar hemisphere. Also called 
ganglion of the cerebellum and nucleus dentatus. (b) A 
somewhat similar mass of gray matter In each olivary 
body. Also called corpus ctliare. Corpus eplthellale, 
the epithelial body of the eye of a cephalopod ; the ciliary 
body. Corpus flmbriatum (fringed body), the ta>nia 
hippocampi, a narrow band, the lateral edge of the pos- 
terior pillars of the fornix, continuous with the inner bor- 
der of the hippocampus major as this descends into the 
middle horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain. Cor- 
pus Hlghmorianum(bdyof Highmore, after Nathaniel 
Highmore of Oxford, England, 1613-84Vthe mediastinum 
test is. an incomplete fibrous septum reflected Into the In- 
terior of the gland from the tunica albugiuea. Corpus 
juris, a body, or the body, of law. See the following 
phrases. Corpus Juris canonic!, the body or code of 
canon law. Corpus Juris ClvUls, or Corpus Juris, 
the collective title of the whole body of Roman law em- 
braced in the Digest(or Pandects), the Institutes, the Code, 
and the Novellas of Justinian. Corpus luteum (yellow 
l)ody), a linn yellow substance formed in a (iraafian vesi- 
cle after the discharge of an ovum. Two kinds are dis- 
tinguished : the corjnts luteum of pregnancy, or true corpus 
luteum, and the false corpus luteum. Corpus plneale, 
the pineal Ixxly, or conarium. See conarium. Corpus 
pltultarium. the pituitary Ixxly, or hypophysis cerebri, 
See hyiniphiisit. Corpus Bponglosum (spongy body), 
the erectile tissue surrounding the urethra In both sexes, 
ei instituting in the male the glans penis and the fibrous 
trabecular structure in which this tissue is contained. 
Corpus trapezoides, the trapezoid body. See trapezium. 
The ventral face of the metencephalon [of the rabbit) 
presents on each side, behind the posterior margin of the 
pons Varolii, flattened rectangular arese, the so-called cor- 
pora trapezoidea. Iluxley, Anat. Vert., p. 64. 
Corpus uteri, the l>ody of the uterus ; that portion of the 
uterus which is between the cervix uteri and the oviducts 
or Fallopian tubes. Corpus vitreum (glassy body), the 
vitreous humor of the eye. 
corpusancet, Same as corposant. 
corpuscle (kor'pus-1), n. [= F. c0rpitseute= Sp. 
cnri>u#culo = Pg. It. corptisculo, < L. corpuscii- 
Inm, dim. of corpus, a body: see corpus.] 1. 
A minute particle, molecule, or atom of matter. 
It will add much to our satisfaction, if these corpuscles 
can be discovered by microscopes. iVeirton, Opticks. 
2. In zoiil. and anat., some small body regard- 
ed by itself and characterized by a qualifying 
term: usually a body of microscopic size; a 
cell. See phrases below. 3. In hot., specifi- 
cally, one of several large cells within the endo- 
sperm and near the summit of the embryo sac 
in gymnosperms, from which after fertiliza- 
tion an embryo is developed : so named by R. 
Brown. They are styled by Sachs archegonia, and are 
dry corpuscle, a kind of taste-bud or nerve-ending in the 
tongue of a duck. See extract 
Tile Grandry corpuscles, being a description nf that spe- 
cial fonn of corpuscle by whieh the nerve is terminated 
in the tongue of the duck, which M. tirandry distinct 
in 1869 from the corpuscles of Herltst (or 1'acinl's with 
other animals). Nature, XXX. 327. 
Gustatory corpuscles, corpuscles of taste, taste- 
buds, or taste-corpuscles, little liodies buried in the 
substance of the cireiiinvallate papilla; and of some of the 
fungifonu papillae of the tongue, of flask-like shape, with 
the broad base resting on the corium, and the neck opening 
by an orifice between the epithelial cells. They are lielieved 
to be special organs of taste. Lymph corpuscle 
lymph-corpuscle. Malplghian corpuscles. (> nf the 
spleen, the splenic corpuscles, minute bodies in the sub- 
stance of the spleen, of somewhat opaque appearance and 
gelatinous consistency. They are outgrowths of the lytn- 
phoid tissue forming the outer coat of the small arteries 
of the spleen, (b) Of the kidney, small globular masses of 
dark-red color, found in the cortical substance of the 
organ, consisting of a central glomerulus of blood-vessels 
(the Malpighian tuft), and of a membranous eajisule 
which is the beginning of a uriniferous tubule.- Meiss- 
ner's corpuscles. Same as tactile corpuscles. Padnian 
corpuscles, corpuscles of Vater, little bodies attached 
to and inclosing nerve-endings in various parts of the 
body, in the human subject chiefly in the sulicutaneons 
tissue of the fingers and toes, and forming little bulbs 
with the axis-cylinder of the nerve running into them. 
Between their concentric layers capillary vessels may lie 
traced. Palpation-corpuscles. Same as tactile cor- 
pusclrs. Tactile corpuscles, small oval liodies ,( of 
an inch long and jrftg of an inch thick, composed of con- 
nective tissue, and supplied with one or more nerve- 
flbers which are branched and convoluted within the cor- 
puscle. They are found in certain papilla; of the skin of 
the hand and foot, and elsewhere. Also called corpuscula 
tactus, touch-corpuscles, touch-bodies, palpation-corpuscles, 
Meissner's corpuscles, and Wagner's corpuscles. Taste- 
corpuscles. Same as gustatory corpuscles. Touch-cor- 
puscles. Same as tactile corpuscles. Wagner's cor- 
puscles. Same as tactile corpuscles. =Syn. Molecule, etc. 
See particle. 
corpuscula, . Plural of corpusculum. 
corpuscular (kor-pus'ku-lar), a. [= P. corjtus- 
culaire = Sp. Pg. ciirjtuscular = It. corpusculare, 
< NL. *cor]>uscularis, < corpusculum, a corpus- 
cle : see corpuscle.] Pertaining or relating to 
corpuscles ; consisting of or separable into cor- 
puscles, or minute ultimate particles. Also 
corjtusculous Corpuscular force. See force. Cor- 
puscular philosophy. See philosophy. Corpuscular 
theory. See light. 
corpuscularian (k6r-pus-ku-la'ri-an), a, and . 
[< corpuscular + -4-an.] I.' a. Relating to cor- 
puscles, or to the corpuscular philosophy; cor- 
puscular. 
I do not expect to see any principles proposed more 
comprehensive and intelligible than the corpusculariau 
or mechanical. 
H. n. One who favors or believes in the cor- 
puscular philosophy. 
He [Newton] seems to have made a greater progress 
than all the sects of corpusciUarians together had done 
before him. Bp. Berkeley, Siris, } 246. 
COrpUSCularity (kdr-pus-ku-lar'i-ti), n. [< cor- 
puscular + -ity.~\ The character or state of be- 
ing corpuscular. [Rare.] 
corpusculated (k6r-pus'ku-la-ted), a. [< cor- 
pugcule + -ate 1 + -ea2.] Provided with corpus- 
cles; containing corpuscles: as, a corpufculateit 
fluid. 
The fluid [found in the hard shell of Echinus] closely 
resembles sea-water, but is, nevertheless, richly corpuscu- 
lated. Romanes, Jelly Fish, etc., p. 266. 
corpuscule (k&r-pus'kul), . [< F. corjmscule, 
< C. corpusculum : see corpuscle.] Same as cor- 
puscle. 
corpusculous (k6r-pus'ku-lus), a. [< corpus- 
cule + -out.] Same as corpuscular. 
He (M. Pasteur) then varied the mode of infection. He 
inoculated healthy [silk]worms with the corjntsculous 
matter, and watched the consequent growth of the dis- 
ease. Tyndall, Fragments of Science, p. 294. 
corpusculum (kdr-pus'kn-lum), M. ; pi. corpus- 
cula (-IS). [L., a little body, usually in ref. to 
atoms, dim. of corpus, body: see corpuscle, cor- 
puscule.] Same as corpuscle. 
corr (k6r), n. Same as carmele. 
corracle, n. See coracle. 
corradet (ko-rad'), v. t. [< L. corradere, con- 
radere, scrape or rake together, < cam-, together, 
+ radere, scrape, scratch, rub, graze : see rase. ] 
To scrape or rake together; accumulate labori- 
ously. 
Wealth corradetl by corruption. 
Dr. R. Clarke, Sermons, p. 480. 
corradial (ko-ra'di-al), (I. [< L. com-, together, 
+ radius, a ray: see ray, radius.] Radiating 
