cadaver
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)//
- United Kingdom//kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)//
- United Kingdom//kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)//
- United States//kəˈdævɚ//
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
noun
- 1
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.
“Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.”
Etymology
From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.
Forms
- plural
- cadavers, cadavera
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cadaver · A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
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