cadaver
cadaver
Definition
ca·daver (kə dav′ər)
noun
a dead body, esp. of a person; corpse, as for dissection
Etymology: L, prob. < cadere, to fall: see case
ca·dav′·eric adjective
cadaver
Synonyms
cadaver
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dissect: Galen himself couldn't dissect human cadavers, because Romans were even more appalled by the notion than the Greeks.
- use: He used cadavers ( dead bodies ) to sketch details of human anatomy in order to know how the body works.
- see: It was like the first time I saw a cadaver.
- X-ray: You can X-ray a cadaver and then cut it open and find what the X-ray showed was there.
- obtain: It is also possible to obtain cadavers from the pathology department of universities, where disease-ridden animals are donated for autopsy.
- make: All somewhat ironic, since von Hagens ' intention is precisely to combat the taboos that make cadavers so controversial.
Preposition: for
- dissection: For the young medical student in the 1830s studying anatomy, one of the imperatives was the procurement of cadavers for dissection.
Adjective modifier
- female: He embraces, not her, but an... armless, elderly female cadaver ( stolen by Doc from the college mortuary )!
- human: Are these concerns well founded in relation to the use of human cadavers?
- infected: The time after death of the infected cadaver is also an important factor influencing the number infected.
- ethically-sourced: Tissues can be obtained via ethically-sourced cadavers from animals that have died naturally or in accidents or been euthanased for medical reasons.
- frozen: The gaps in these images are where the frozen cadaver was initially divided with a saw to produce portions of a more manageable size.
- alien: Rather like the alleged alien cadaver itself, in fact.
Modifies a noun
- dissection: Human cadaver dissection gives a fascinating insight into the spatial relationships of the structures within the human body.
- ankle: Hollis et al ( 1995 ) studied 18 cadaver ankles.
- donor: The use of kidneys from living donors for transplantation finds its most important justification in the existing shortage of organs from cadaver donors.
- organ: It doesnt mean I will come off the list for a cadaver organ.
- donation: This is, of course, also the case with presumed consent for cadaver donation.
- study: Patterns of internal disk dynamic, cadaver motion studies.
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