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Definitions for cadaverkəˈdæv ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ca•dav•er*kəˈdæv ər(n.)

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

* Syn: See body.

Origin of cadaver:

1350–1400; ME < L: corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see decay , chance )

ca•dav′er•ic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains(noun)

    the dead body of a human being

    "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

Wiktionary

  1. cadaver(Noun)

    A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

    2. Origin: Recorded since c.1500, from cadaver, probably from cado as a metaphor for "I die", also source (through combining form -cida) of the -cide in suicide, homicide etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cadaver(noun)

    a dead human body; a corpse

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Cadaver

    A dead body, usually a human body.

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

corpse(noun)

a dead body, especially of a human being

Don't move the corpse before you send for the police.

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