cadaver
[kuh-dav-er]
- a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
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Origin of cadaver
Synonym study
See body.
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Examples from the Web for cadaver
Contemporary Examples
A new study claims to have found the elusive spot in the cadaver of an 83-year-old woman.
Cadaver dogs have been known to give “false positives,” but one study found them to be accurate more than 90 percent of the time.
Historical Examples
They had taken a cadaver from the refrigerator and stood it in a certain position.
The White DesertCourtney Ryley Cooper
Cremate the cadaver together with the board upon which it is fixed.
The Elements of Bacteriological TechniqueJohn William Henry Eyre
"Stand to one side and hold the cadaver's chin, Brion," she said.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
She had caught a rat, killed it, and laid the cadaver in the door.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
Reminded you, perhaps, of the faint odor of a cadaver far off?
The Iron RationGeorge Abel Schreiner
cadaver
- med a corpse
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall
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Word Origin and History for cadaver
n.
c.1500, from Latin cadaver "dead body (of men or animals)," probably from a perfective participle of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (see case (n.1)). Cf. Greek ptoma "dead body," literally "a fall" (see ptomaine); poetic English the fallen "those who died in battle."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
cadaver
(kə-dăv′ər)- A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.
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