A
body is the
physical representation of a
human or
animal. The term is used in connection with
health issues,
appearance, the distinction between
body and
soul, and for a
dead body, also called a
corpse (human) or
carcass (animal).
A body is also a held-together collection or group of physical objects or abstract ideas, and in particular an organisation. The whole is of more than the sum of the individual members. (Note the double meaning of the word member.)
