Definition of body

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Body (n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body..

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Retrocedent :: Retrocedent (a.) Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout..
Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal..
Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..
Discolith :: Discolith (n.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter..
Transfer :: Transfer (n.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
Cavalryman :: Cavalryman (n.) One of a body of cavalry.
Suffumigation :: Suffumigate (v. t.) To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part..
Labyrinthodon :: Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus..
Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..
Tone :: Tone (n.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor..
Talmud :: Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.
One :: One (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self..
Command :: Command (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer..
Embodiment :: Embodiment (n.) The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
Directory :: Directory (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book..
Legislative :: Legislative (a.) Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body..
Haddock :: Haddock (n.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie..
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc..
On :: On (prep.) Attached to the body, as clothing or ornament, or for use..
Belly :: Belly (n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly..
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