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ca·dav·er

[kuh-dav-er] Pronunciation Key

–noun

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

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L cadāver dead body, corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see decay, chance)

]

—Related forms

ca·dav·er·ic, adjective

—Synonyms See body.

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ca·dav·er (kə-dāv'ər) Pronunciation Key
n. A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

[Middle English, from Latin cadāver, from cadere, to fall, die; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

ca·dav'er·ic (-ər-ĭk) adj.

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cadaver

c.1500, from L., probably from cadere "to fall" (see case (1)), a metaphor, in Latin, for "to die," also source (through comb. form -cida) of the -cide in suicide, homicide, etc.

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cadaver
noun
the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

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cadaver ca·dav·er (kə-dāv'ər)
n.
A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

ca·dav'er·ic (-ər-ĭk) adj.

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Cadaver

Ca*da"ver\, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.

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