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cadaver
[kuh-dav-er]
noun
a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
cadaver
/ kəˈdeɪvə, -ˈdɑːv- /
noun
med a corpse
Other 51Թ Forms
- cadaveric adjective
- ˈ岹 adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cadaver1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The only identification he could see were numbers written on the cadaver or stuck to the chest or forehead.
“The classic wide-angle view!” he says with a grin, proudly showing off the stream of Becca’s decaying cadaver glowing from his phone screen.
She hired cadaver dog trainers to track down her dog’s scent and paid people to help spread the word about him online and in Los Angeles County.
Then on Jan. 15, two days before her birthday, search and rescue cadaver dogs found human remains at the home and notified the family.
A cadaver dog searched the area and indicated to officers that the victim may have been killed in the shed.
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When To Use
A cadaver is a dead body, especially a dead human body.The word cadaver is sometimes used interchangeably with the word corpse, but cadaver is especially used in a scientific context to refer to a body that is the subject of scientific study or medical use, such as one that will be dissected.It’s sometimes used as a modifier (adjective) in phrases that involve cadavers. For example, cadaver tissue is tissue that has been harvested from a donor body. A cadaver dog is a dog that has been specially trained to track the scent of dead bodies in searches for missing persons.Example: The cadavers are carefully preserved before they are prepared for dissection.
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