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ca⋅dav⋅er

[kuh-dav-er]
–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 )


ca⋅dav⋅er⋅ic, adjective


See body.
ca·dav·er   (kə-dāv'ər)   
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.

Cadaver

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

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.

Main Entry: ca·dav·er
Pronunciation: k&-'dav-&r
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ca·dav·ers also ca·dav·era /-&-r&/
: a dead body; specifically : one intended for use in medical education or research —ca·dav·er·ic /-(&-)rik/ adjective

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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