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cadaver

noun

  1. dead human body
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Pronunciation: /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ / /kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/ / /kəˈdeɪ.və(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

  1. 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.”