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ca·dav·er

 (kə-dăv′ər)
n.
A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

[Middle English, from Latin cadāver, from cadere, to fall, die; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

ca·dav′er·ic (-ər-ĭk) adj.
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cadaver

(kəˈdeɪvə; -ˈdɑːv-)
n
1. (Medicine) med a corpse
2. (Anatomy) med a corpse
[C16: from Latin, from cadere to fall]
caˈdaveric adj
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ca•dav•er

(kəˈdæv ər)

n.
a dead body, esp. a human body to be dissected; corpse.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see decay, chance)]
ca•dav′er•ic, adj.
syn: See body.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cadaver - the dead body of a human beingcadaver - 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"
dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"
cremains - the remains of a dead body after cremation
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cadaver

noun
The physical frame of a dead person or animal:
Slang: stiff.
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Translations
cadàver
dög
lavonasnegyvėlis
cadavru
mŕtvola
kadaver

cadaver

[kəˈdeɪvəʳ] N (esp US) → cadáver m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cadaver

[kəˈdævər] n (= corpse) → cadavre m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cadaver

nKadaver m; (of humans)Leiche f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cadaver

[kəˈdeɪvəʳ] n (Med) → cadavere m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ca·dav·er

n. cadáver.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

cadaver

n cadáver m
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THE hunt for the remains of a heroic soldier kidnapped, tortured and killed by the IRA has taken a dramatic new twist following claims that cadaver dogs have detected human remains.
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Cadaver use for anatomy teaching purposes and dissection gives students a wide and three-dimensional vision of anatomical structures, allowing them to observe real variability in the human body.
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"We are just waiting for the result of the DNA test that will definitely tell us that the cadaver that we recovered was that of Abu Dar," Brawner said during a visit to the Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City.
Sage was trained in narcotics detection, handler and civilian protection, tracking, article searches, crowd control, area/building searches and advanced cadaver location, and he made his mark as a cadaver-locating dog in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, the release said.
The cadaver was called up on the Anatomage, a 6-foot long flat computer screen that resembles an operating table and is housed in the Flicker Virtual Cadaver Lab at Moravian College's Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences.
The team then moved on to the cadaver lab where medics were introduced to their first patients.
The Organizers here on Saturday said there is urgent need to promote culture of cadaver or deceased organ donation to avert sizable number of deaths, many comprising those of children and youth or those in their productive age groups.