Leichnam, der menschl. Körper nach eingetretenem Tod (bei Tieren Kadaver). Danach treten die L.nveränderungen (L.nstarre, L.nflecke) auf, u. es beginnt durch Selbstzersetzung mittels der Körperfermente der Zerfall; dabei entstehen u. a. L.ngifte (Ptomaine).
ETYM Old Eng. bodi, as. bodig; akin to Old High Germ. botah. Related to Bodice.
1. The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); SYN. organic structure, physical structure.
2. Corpse of a dead animal or person; SYN. dead body.
3. A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.
4. A collection of particulars considered as a system.
5. The central message of a communication.
6. An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects.
ETYM Latin, fr cadere to fall.
Corpse.
The dead body of a human being; SYN. corpse, stiff, clay, remains.
ETYM Written also carcase.
(Irregular plural: carcasses).
1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
2. The living body; -- commonly used in contempt or ridicule.
3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.
ETYM Old Fren. cors (sometimes written corps), French corps, Latin corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. Related to Midriff, Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly.
2. The dead body of a human being.