Cadaver Definition

kə-dăvər
cadavers
noun
cadavers
A dead body, esp. of a person; corpse, as for dissection.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cadaver

Noun

Singular:
cadaver
Plural:
cadavers

Origin of Cadaver

  • Recorded since c.1500, from Latin cadāver, probably from cadō (“I fall”) as a metaphor for "I die", also source (through combining form -cida) of the -cide in suicide, homicide etc.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin cadāver from cadere to fall, die kad- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cadaver Sentence Examples

  • It was like the first time I saw a cadaver.

  • The gaps in these images are where the frozen cadaver was initially divided with a saw to produce portions of a more manageable size.

  • Cut to hilarious misunderstanding involving a shop-window mannequin and a cadaver.

  • The time after death of the infected cadaver is also an important factor influencing the number infected.

  • You can X-ray a cadaver and then cut it open and find what the X-ray showed was there.

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Words Starting With

CCACAD

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RERVER

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