cadaver

C2 Topic:People & Society
US /kəˈdævɚ/ UK /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/
noun Freq #18522

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the dead body of a human being

    The cadaver was intended for dissection.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the dead body of a human being stiff
More corpsecarcassmummy
Word family
Forms cadaveracadavers
Related forms cadaverous

Etymology

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

*ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European cadaver Latin cadāver Latin
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