First Known Use: 1960
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corpus cardiacum
noun corpus car·di·a·cum \-kär-ˈdī-ə-kəm\
plural corpora car·di·a·ca \-ə-kə\
Definition of CORPUS CARDIACUM
: one of a pair of separate or fused bodies of nervous tissue in many insects that lie posterior to the brain and function in the storage and secretion of brain hormone
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Origin of CORPUS CARDIACUM
New Latin, literally, cardiac body
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