cadaver

[ kuh-dav-er ]

noun

1. a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.

cadaver

/ kəˈdeɪvə; -ˈdɑːv- /

noun

1. med a corpse

Derived Forms

• caˈdaveric, adjective

Other Words From

• ca·daver·ic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadaver¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadaver¹

C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall

Synonym Study

See body.

Example Sentences

The “America’s Got Talent” and “Project Runway” star always goes all out for Halloween, last year evolving into a multi-person peacock after previously dressing up as an elaborate butterfly, a worm, a sinewy cadaver and Fiona from “Shrek,” to name a few, as well as memorably aging herself up.

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Investigators with the department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit were called to the home, as well as forensic specialists and cadaver dogs to search the property.

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“This is not justice,” said Baudilio Castillo, 63, a Guatemalan farmer whose 23-year-old son, Baudilio Alexander, was designated by authorities as “cadaver 14” pulled from “Pit 1” in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times

Authorities are conducting follow-up searches at the river location for additional bones with the help of cadaver dogs.

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A cadaver dog indicated the presence of human remains in the Perez house.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• carcass
• corpse
• skeleton