Body

With regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death. The study of the workings of the body is physiology.

Famous quotes containing the word body:

“But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12:27.

“Poetry and music I have banished,
But the stupidity
Of root, shoot, blossom or clay
Makes no demand.
I bend my body to the spade
Or grope with a dirty hand.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)