cadavers
- plural of cadaver.
Example Sentences
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Much of early topographical anatomy – the careful mapping of structures in relation to one another – depended on cadavers obtained through grave robbery.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
However, some of this research -- particularly one claiming to have found a plastic spoon's worth of microplastic in the brains of cadavers -- has recently come under stinging criticism from scientists.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
When Shelley wrote “Frankenstein,” Edinburgh had gained infamy as a site of murders and grave robberies that helped fuel a thriving trade in cadavers centered on the city’s laboratories and research hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Like most medical schools, the University of California does not profit from its body-donation programme, and it has strict guidelines for how corpses - or cadavers, as they are known medically - should be handled.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
These cadavers were so unhuman-looking they didn't bother me a bit.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
