noun
cadaver
kuh-DAV-uh
noun
1
A dead human body, especially one used for medical study or dissection.
"Medical students spent the semester studying a cadaver in the lab."
How to Use Cadaver
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA formal, clinical word for a dead body, especially one used for study.
When to use it
Clinical and somewhat formal — "corpse" or "body" is more everyday.
Common pairings
cadaver lab
dissect a cadaver
Word Forms
cadavers plural, cadavera plural
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Etymology
From Latin cadaver, "corpse," related to the verb cadere, "to fall."