ca·dav·er

[kuh-dav-er]
noun
a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cadāver dead body, corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see decay, chance)

ca·dav·er·ic, adjective


See body.
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cadaver (kəˈdeɪvə, -ˈdɑːv-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
med a corpse
 
[C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall]
 
ca'daveric
 
adj

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cadaver
c.1500, from L. cadaver "dead body (of men or animals)," probably from a perf. part. of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (see case (1)). Cf. Gk. ptoma "dead body," lit. "a fall;" poetic English the fallen "those who died in battle."
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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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Example sentences
Split down the middle, a skinless human cadaver offers an eye on the body's
  inner workings.
Yet even at the time, there were whispers that the cadaver brought home in
  glory might be the wrong one.
We use grafts from the palate of the patient and synthetic and cadaver gum
  grafts.
Under many a desk, there would be a cadaver crammed into the arch meant for
  knees.
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