cadaver

[ kuh-dav-er ]

/ kəˈdæv ər /

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noun

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

Nearby words

cad/cam, cadaga, cadaster, cadastral, cadastre, cadaver, cadaverine, cadaverous, cadbury, cadcam, caddice

Origin of cadaver

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

Related forms

ca·dav·er·ic, adjective

Synonym study

See body.

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Examples from the Web for cadaver

A new study claims to have found the elusive spot in the cadaver of an 83-year-old woman.
Don’t Believe the G-Spot Hype!|Debby Herbenick PhD|April 25, 2012|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.
The NYPD Unearths the Etan Patz Missing-Child Case 33 Years Later|Michael Daly|April 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Cremate the cadaver together with the board upon which it is fixed.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
"Stand to one side and hold the cadaver's chin, Brion," she said.
Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison

But his disappointment and humiliation showed through his smile, as the hollows and bones through the skin of a cadaver.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories|Paul Laurence Dunbar
The most unnatural and quite the most despicable being the throwing into the Tiber by Cæsar Borgia the cadaver of his brother.
Dumas' Paris|Francis Miltoun
That of the cadaver of an elephant occupied several sessions, and was of such interest that the monarch himself was a spectator.
International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cadaver

cadaver

/ (kəˈdeɪvə, -ˈdɑːv-) /

noun

med a corpse

Derived Forms

cadaveric, adjective

Word Origin for cadaver

C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall

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Medicine definitions for cadaver

cadaver

[ kə-dăv′ər ]

n.

A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

Related forms

ca•dav′er•ic (-ər-ĭk) adj.

cadaver

noun

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Examples from the Web for cadaver

British Dictionary definitions for cadaver

cadaver

noun

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Medicine definitions for cadaver

cadaver

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