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The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."

BODY. A person.
     2. In practice, when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.
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1980), and asbestos bodies have been found within some human peritoneal mesotheliomas (Hourihane 1965).
Asbestos-induced peritoneal mesothelioma in a construction worker by Candura, Stefano M. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Moreover, in postmortem material from the same area, 25 out of 31 subjects with no occupational exposure presented asbestos bodies (AB) in the lungs (6 with over 1,000 AB) (28).
Increased risk of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura after ... by Terracini, Benedetto / Environmental Health Perspectives
There were no asbestos bodies noted in the lung tissue, but there were occasional polarizable foreign bodies, consistent with silica particles.
Lung Cancer in a Nonsmoking Underground Uranium Miner by Kornfeld, Mario / Environmental Health Perspectives
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