cadaver

[ kuh-dav-er ]

noun

1. a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.

cadaver

/ -ˈdɑːv-; kəˈdeɪvə /

noun

1. med a corpse

Derived Forms

• caˈdaveric, adjective

Other Words From

• ca·daver·ic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadaver¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cadāver dead body, corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish ( decay, chance )

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadaver¹

C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall

Synonym Study

See body.

Example Sentences

I would go to dissection classes, cut up a human cadaver, and then go home and write about what I had learned and felt.

From The Daily Beast

It took nearly a week to link the floating cadaver and the missing Iranian.

From The Daily Beast

I did a voiceover in a short called Cadaver, and then a short when I was 11 [First Bass].

From The Daily Beast

A new study claims to have found the elusive spot in the cadaver of an 83-year-old woman.

From The Daily Beast

Cadaver dogs have been known to give “false positives,” but one study found them to be accurate more than 90 percent of the time.

From The Daily Beast

The low, almost feminine, voice sharply accentuates the cadaver-like face and figure.

From Project Gutenberg

Then when his fingers came in contact with the viscera of a cadaver, that of a little child, he cried out in horror.

From Project Gutenberg

Remove the tissue or organ from the cadaver as soon after death as possible, using great care to avoid distortion or injury.

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But his disappointment and humiliation showed through his smile, as the hollows and bones through the skin of a cadaver.

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Linnaeus tells us that 'Tres muscae consumunt cadaver equi aeque cito ac leo.'

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Related Words

• carcass
• corpse
• skeleton