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.
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Famous quotes containing the word body:
“Nought cared this body for wind or weather
When Youth and I lived in’t together.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King—my republican feelings and principles forbid it—the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)