cadaver
noun
- dead human body
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ / /kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/ / /kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.
- A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
“He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.”
““Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.””