cadaver

The definition of cadaver is a dead body.

(noun)

An example of cadaver is the body that is identified at a morgue.

See cadaver in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a dead body, esp. of a person; corpse, as for dissection

Origin: L, prob. < cadere, to fall: see case

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See cadaver in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin cadāver

Origin: , from cadere, to fall, die; see kad- in Indo-European roots

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